2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walgett · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Walgett
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Walgett compared to the rest of the state. While most homes hold about 2.4 people, there is a growing number of residents living on their own. These figures show a community where family structures differ significantly from the national norm.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Walgett — higher than 57% of areas.
| Walgett | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2832, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of people in Walgett live alone, a figure well above the national average that has risen by 8.1 percentage points since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across New South Wales.
31.7% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Walgett splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.2% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This is among the highest proportions for areas like this, and the number has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
34.2% ▲ +125.4%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Walgett splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 28%.
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 Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115149/walgett/topic/family-households