2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongarbon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wongarbon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Wongarbon holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most other similar areas. This makes the locality stand out compared to the national figure of 2.5 people per home. Families are the core of the community here, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Wongarbon — higher than 86% of areas.
| Wongarbon | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 18.4% of households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. While this is much lower than most areas, the number of single-person homes has risen by 8.7 percentage points since 2011.
18.4% ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wongarbon, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 18.2% of the community, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This has seen a significant increase over the last decade, rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +160.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wongarbon, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121122/wongarbon/topic/family-households