2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallerawang · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wallerawang
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in living patterns has seen the typical household size in Wallerawang grow since 2011. This area now sees more people sharing homes, with 2.5 people per dwelling, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Wallerawang — higher than 64% of areas.
| Wallerawang | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2845, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has fallen sharply by 11 percentage points since 2011 to 26.6%. Today, two-person households are the most common at 32%, while 17.5% of homes hold three people.
26.6% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallerawang, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the local mix, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.8%.
18.6% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallerawang, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Wallerawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115151/wallerawang/topic/family-households