Warren · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Warren

How families and households are made up across the area.

A growing number of people are living alone in Warren, where 39.4% of households are now single-person homes. This shift has contributed to a decline in the typical home size, meaning there are now fewer people living under one roof than in 2011.

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📍 Warren, Urban Centre

Where Warren sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -13.0%
  • 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 Warren — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warren2.0
2824, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 39.4% of people living alone, Warren has a far higher share of single-person homes than the New South Wales figure of 25%. Consequently, the typical home here holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

2.0 ▼ -13.0%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

39.4% ▲ +16.9%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 33.7%
  • 2016: 34.7%
  • 2021: 39.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Warren splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 9%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 24.5% of the local total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are common too, with couples without children accounting for 37.4% and those with children at 36.3%.

24.5% ▼ -10.7%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 27.4%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 24.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Warren splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 25%.

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 Warren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115153/warren/topic/family-households