Womboota · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Womboota

How families and households are made up across the area.

One-parent families make up 24.1% of households in Womboota, a figure well above the national average. This sparsely populated area sees a high proportion of families with children, though household sizes generally align with New South Wales trends.

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Where Womboota sits — Average household size

2.6 —
  • 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 Womboota — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Womboota2.6
2731, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Womboota houses 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About a quarter of residents live alone, a rate that is about the same as the figure for New South Wales.

2.6 —

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.0% —

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Womboota splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (26%), with 5 people at 26%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of all families are couples with children, but one-parent families are far more common here than in the rest of the state. This group represents 24.1% of families, which is about 10 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.

24.1% —

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 24.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Womboota, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families 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 Womboota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14385/womboota/topic/family-households