3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wilberforce · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wilberforce
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the typical size for households in Wilberforce, which is much higher than in most other areas. This reflects a community where large family units are common and people living alone are rare.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Wilberforce — higher than 86% of areas.
| Wilberforce | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
16.8% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wilberforce, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.1%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.7% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wilberforce, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14305/wilberforce/topic/family-households