2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williamtown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Williamtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Williamtown than in the rest of the state. This trend leads to a typical home size of just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. It is an area where single-person households are very common.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Williamtown — lower than 81% of areas.
| Williamtown | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2318, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.8% of people here live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This explains why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
40.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Williamtown, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 43.2%, while couples with children follow closely at 41.5%. One-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +130.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Williamtown splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Williamtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14316/williamtown/topic/family-households