3.2 ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallalong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wallalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 73.3% of families in Wallalong, marking it as a strong family hub. The area is dominated by larger households, with the typical home now holding 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
▲ +23.1%
- 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 Wallalong — higher than 89% of areas.
| Wallalong | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home have risen to 3.2 since 2011, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This is mirrored by the fact that those living alone make up only 11% of households, which is far below the New South Wales average of 25%.
11.0% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wallalong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, a proportion that is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.6% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallalong, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Wallalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121116/wallalong/topic/family-households