3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrimbi · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wirrimbi
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Wirrimbi than in most similar areas, with 3.3 people typically living together. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it a place where larger households are the norm.
3.3
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- 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 Wirrimbi — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wirrimbi | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2447, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes are much larger than those in New South Wales, where the usual figure is 2.6 people. This is consistent with very few people living alone here, at just 16.3%, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wirrimbi splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 66.7% of the total. Only 7.0% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wirrimbi, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Wirrimbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14359/wirrimbi/topic/family-households