2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagga Wagga · State Electorate
Family & Households in Wagga Wagga
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Wagga Wagga than in most similar areas. While the typical household size is 2.5 people, there is a notable trend toward smaller living arrangements. This reflects a mix of family homes and a growing number of single-person households.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Wagga Wagga — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wagga Wagga | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people in Wagga Wagga live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This has risen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011, though the overall average of 2.5 people per home has stayed the same.
28.0% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 56.4% of the total.
15.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10087/wagga-wagga/topic/family-households