2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolloongabba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Woolloongabba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the biggest group at 44.5% in Woolloongabba. This is a place where small households are the norm, with far more people living alone than in most other areas. The typical home here is smaller than average, reflecting a trend that has seen household sizes shrink since 2011.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Woolloongabba — lower than 89% of areas.
| Woolloongabba | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4102, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Woolloongabba holds only 2.1 people, a number that is much lower than most areas.
32.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woolloongabba, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 40.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.6%. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
10.6% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Woolloongabba splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021058/woolloongabba/topic/family-households