2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Family & Households in Wakehurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent families live in Wakehurst than in the rest of the country. This area is dominated by larger households, with 66.4% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.7
→ 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 Wakehurst — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wakehurst | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per household. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 22.0%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.0% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wakehurst, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 66.4% having children and 22.4% without.
10.4% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wakehurst, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/family-households