2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wombeyan Caves · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wombeyan Caves
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Wombeyan Caves are couples without children, making this the most common family type. The area is sparsely populated and characterized by very small households, with a high number of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Wombeyan Caves — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wombeyan Caves | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are the norm here, with a typical size of 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the 45% of residents who live alone, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
45.0% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wombeyan Caves, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 50% of families, while those with children account for 31.3%. One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
9.4% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wombeyan Caves, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (30%) and Other families (12%).
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 Wombeyan Caves [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14384/wombeyan-caves/topic/family-households