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.
Wallsend · State Electorate
Family & Households in Wallsend
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wallsend are couples with children, making them the most common home type. The area has a mix of household sizes, with a notable number of single-parent families compared to other similar places.
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 Wallsend — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wallsend | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wallsend has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 26.3% of people live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
26.3% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallsend, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is also a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
16.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallsend, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10089/wallsend/topic/family-households