2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodroffe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Woodroffe
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Woodroffe are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where family structures vary, though the typical home still holds about 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Woodroffe — higher than 57% of areas.
| Woodroffe | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0830, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with 30.2% of households containing two people. The number of people living alone has risen since 2011 to reach 24.5%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory figure.
24.5% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woodroffe, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.8% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has grown by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 55.5%.
22.8% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodroffe, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Woodroffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041044/woodroffe/topic/family-households