Wombarra · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wombarra

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people living alone than in most areas makes Wombarra a place where more residents share their homes. The typical home here has 2.7 people, which is about the same as the national figure.

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Where Wombarra sits — Average household size

2.7 ▲ +3.8%
  • 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 Wombarra — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wombarra2.7
2515, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 19.8% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% national average. This is consistent with the fact that 34.2% of homes house two people and nearly 20% house four.

2.7 ▲ +3.8%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.8% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.0%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 19.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wombarra, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 58.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

10.2% ▼ -2.7%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 10.5%
  • 2021: 10.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wombarra, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Wombarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14381/wombarra/topic/family-households