2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyongah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wyongah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of one-parent families live in Wyongah compared to the rest of the country. This is a key feature of the local area, where over half of all families consist of couples with children. While most homes have around 2.7 people, the area has a notably high number of single-parent households.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Wyongah — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wyongah | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (33.5%), while the typical home size is about 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas.
22.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wyongah, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.4%, followed by couples without children at 23.2%.
23.5% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyongah, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 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 Wyongah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14466/wyongah/topic/family-households