2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wisemans Ferry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wisemans Ferry
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Wisemans Ferry become a place where over a third of homes are occupied by just one person. This trend is much more common here than in most other areas, with the typical home now holding only 2.1 people.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wisemans Ferry — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wisemans Ferry | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2775, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 35.4% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Consequently, the typical home size is a little below the national figure of 2.5 people.
35.4% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wisemans Ferry splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, which is a little above the national figure.
15.5% ▲ +229.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wisemans Ferry, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Wisemans Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14362/wisemans-ferry/topic/family-households