2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wongarbon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Wongarbon, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy area with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Wongarbon — higher than 81% of areas.
| Wongarbon | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 2.9 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 16.2% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.2% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wongarbon, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.1%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
15.1% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wongarbon, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/family-households