2.4 —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagga Wagga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wagga Wagga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wagga Wagga are couples with children, making it a key family hub for the region. While the typical home hosts about 2.4 people, there is a surprisingly high number of residents living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
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- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Wagga Wagga — higher than 57% of areas.
| Wagga Wagga | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.7% of all households.
30.5% —
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wagga Wagga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This group is also more common here than in most similar areas.
17.9% —
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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/ucl/UCL112019/wagga-wagga/topic/family-households