2.5 ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wardell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wardell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are now the norm in Wardell, where nearly half of all families include children. The area has seen a significant shift toward bigger homes and more single-parent households over the last decade.
2.5
▲ +31.6%
- 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 Wardell — higher than 64% of areas.
| Wardell | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2477, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now holds 2.5 people, a rise from 1.9 in 2011. This growth is reflected in the number of people living alone, which has fallen by 13 points to 23.6%, a figure slightly below the national average.
23.6% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wardell, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This has been a growing trend, as the share of single-parent homes rose by 9.5 points since 2011.
21.3% ▲ +80.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wardell, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121117/wardell/topic/family-households