2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wolumla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wolumla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Wolumla than in most similar areas, with only 19.5% of households consisting of one person. This reflects a community where most residents live in shared homes, and about half of all families here are couples raising children.
2.5
▼ -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 Wolumla — higher than 50% of areas.
| Wolumla | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wolumla holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43% of all homes.
19.5% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wolumla, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.3% of families, while 13.8% are one-parent families. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most other similar areas.
13.8% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wolumla, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14380/wolumla/topic/family-households