2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whiteman Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Whiteman Creek, which helps explain why it has a higher number of people per home than most similar areas. With a typical household of 2.6 people, the area is largely made up of family groups rather than single-person homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Whiteman Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
| Whiteman Creek | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Only 12.5% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 41.1% of households containing two people and 25% containing three.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Whiteman Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.6%. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
13.9% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Whiteman Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Whiteman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14294/whiteman-creek/topic/family-households