2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whitton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Whitton live alone, which is well above the national figure. This means many residents live in small households, although the typical number of people per home remains around 2.4.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Whitton — lower than 57% of areas.
| Whitton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2705, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, with 29.2% of residents living alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 38.2% of the total.
29.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitton, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the area, which is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 51.4% of the total.
17.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Whitton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14297/whitton/topic/family-households