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Family & Households in Wyoming

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Wyoming are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of single-parent families compared to national figures.

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Where Wyoming sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Wyoming — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wyoming2.4
2250, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28.8% of people in Wyoming live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national averages.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.8% ▲ +1.1%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.5%
  • 2016: 28.8%
  • 2021: 28.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wyoming splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples without children at 26.5% and couples with children at 53.8%.

18.7% ▼ -10.2%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.8%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 18.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wyoming, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Wyoming [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14463/wyoming/topic/family-households