2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wyan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Wyan have remained largely stable over the last decade, though the area now stands out for its high number of single parents. Nearly half of all families here are headed by one parent, a figure far above the national average. This creates a unique family profile for the region.
2.4
—
- 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 Wyan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wyan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2469, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People live in small groups here, with a typical home in Wyan holding 2.4 people. This is about the same as the typical household size across New South Wales and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Wyan, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 47.8% of the total, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Other families include couples with children at 39.1% and couples without children at 17.4%.
47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyan, the largest group is One-parent families at 46%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (17%).
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 Wyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14450/wyan/topic/family-households