2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Woodvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Woodvale compared to the rest of the state, which helps explain why households here are larger than usual. Most homes are occupied by families, with 64.1% of those families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Woodvale — higher than 79% of areas.
| Woodvale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6026, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Woodvale holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 15% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.0% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woodvale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the local total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has barely changed since 2011.
9.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodvale, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Woodvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505011083/woodvale/topic/family-households