2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woollahra · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Woollahra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Woollahra than in most other areas, with 31.7% of households consisting of just one person. This high rate of single-person living contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Woollahra — lower than 71% of areas.
| Woollahra | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Woollahra holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. While 36.5% of homes house two people, those living alone make up 31.7% of the area, a figure well above the national average.
31.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woollahra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than in most other areas.
10.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woollahra, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Woollahra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18500/woollahra/topic/family-households