2.6 ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallacia · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wallacia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of one-parent families than the national average marks the family landscape in Wallacia. Over half of all families here are couples with children, though the area has seen a shift in how people live together since 2011.
2.6
▲ +18.2%
- 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 Wallacia — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wallacia | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2745, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wallacia now holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. While 31.1% of households have two people, the proportion of people living alone has fallen 10 points since 2011 to 27.3%.
27.3% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wallacia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, a figure well above the New South Wales and national averages. This group has grown by 3.6 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.1%.
17.8% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallacia, 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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/family-households