Wollstonecraft · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wollstonecraft

How families and households are made up across the area.

About 46% of families in Wollstonecraft are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This is a place where small households are the norm, with a very high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Wollstonecraft sits — Average household size

2.1 ▲ +5.0%
  • 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 Wollstonecraft — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wollstonecraft2.1
2065, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Wollstonecraft holds just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 33.9% of people living alone—well above the national figure of 25.6%.

2.1 ▲ +5.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.9% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.3%
  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 33.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wollstonecraft, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up a large portion of the area at 42.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.8% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.

8.8% ▲ +12.3%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 8.4%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Wollstonecraft splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Wollstonecraft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14377/wollstonecraft/topic/family-households