2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Whitton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Whitton than in the rest of the country, where they make up 25.9% of the total. This small area has a mix of family types, though a growing number of people now live on their own.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Whitton — lower than 57% of areas.
| Whitton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2705, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Whitton are slightly smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a downward trend from 2011, and nearly 30% of residents now live alone, which is well above the Australian average.
29.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitton, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here, at 25.9%, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. While this figure fell slightly since 2011, these families still make up one of the highest proportions among similar areas.
25.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitton, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (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 Whitton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122149/whitton/topic/family-households