3.3 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wilton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than seven in ten families in Wilton have children, making it a major hub for parents. The area is defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone, which is far below the national figure.
3.3
▲ +10.0%
- 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 Wilton — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wilton | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2571, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.3 people per household compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low 9.2% of people living alone, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25%.
9.2% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wilton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for only 6.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.4% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wilton, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14329/wilton/topic/family-households