3.4 ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wilton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in household size has transformed Wilton since 2011, with the typical home now housing 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking the area as a place where large families are now the norm.
3.4
▲ +41.7%
- 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 Wilton — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wilton | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2571, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wilton are much larger than usual, with 29.8% of households containing four people. Only 8.0% of residents live alone, a figure that has fallen 21 points since 2011 and is now far below the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
8.0% ▼ -72.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wilton splits fairly evenly between 4 people (30%) and 2 people (27%), with 5 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of the area at 76.1%. One-parent families account for just 6.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and represents a 13 point drop since 2011.
6.1% ▼ -67.6%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wilton, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115160/wilton/topic/family-households