2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wingham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of homes in Wingham are occupied by just one person, making it an area with a high number of single-person households. This trend contributes to a smaller typical home size compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Wingham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wingham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2429, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wingham holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 30.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
30.8% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wingham, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 45% and couples without children at 30.4%.
23.2% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Wingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14350/wingham/topic/family-households