2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Willoughby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Willoughby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Willoughby than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where nearly 68% of households consist of couples with children, contributing to a higher typical home occupancy than the national figure.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Willoughby — higher than 71% of areas.
| Willoughby | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2068, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with fewer people living alone here, at 21.8%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Willoughby, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67.7% of families, while those without children account for 20%. One-parent families represent 11.3% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.3% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Willoughby, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14320/willoughby/topic/family-households