2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrimah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wirrimah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower share of one-parent families than the national average defines the domestic landscape in Wirrimah. The area is mostly made up of couples, with very few households containing three or more people.
2.3
—
- 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 Wirrimah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wirrimah | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2803, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Wirrimah are smaller than those in most other areas, with only 2.3 people per house. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6, as 81.8% of households contain just two people.
22.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wirrimah, 2 people is the majority at 78%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 0.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 56.3% having no children and 54.2% having children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Wirrimah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (46%), with Other families at 5%.
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 Wirrimah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14358/wirrimah/topic/family-households