2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wyong
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 24.1% of the community in Wyong, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct household profile where many people live alone and homes are generally smaller than in other areas.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wyong — lower than 76% of areas.
| Wyong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 34.7% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home in Wyong has just 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
34.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wyong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are among the highest in the region at 24.1%, which is 10 percentage points higher than in New South Wales. Other family types include couples with children (44.1%) and couples without children (30.3%).
24.1% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyong, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14464/wyong/topic/family-households