2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wodonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Wodonga live on their own, making it an area with a very high number of single-person households. This trend contributes to a smaller typical home size than in most other parts of the country.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Wodonga — lower than 86% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Wodonga holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 36.3% of residents who live alone, a rate far above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
36.3% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Wodonga splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 45.6% and couples without children at 30.2%.
22.5% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wodonga, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (23%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031492/wodonga/topic/family-households