2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woollahra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Woollahra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slight rise in the number of people per home has occurred in Woollahra since 2011. The area is now defined by a high proportion of single-person households, with 33.4% of residents living alone. This creates a housing landscape where small households are far more common than in most other parts of the country.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Woollahra — lower than 86% of areas.
| Woollahra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2025, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Woollahra has only 2.2 people, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
33.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.4%
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 (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.8% of families, while couples without children account for 34.3%. One-parent families make up 11.4%, which is a little below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
11.4% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woollahra, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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/sa2/118011347/woollahra/topic/family-households