Woodpark · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Woodpark

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than average define daily life in Woodpark, where 3.4 people typically share a home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live alone and large family groups are common.

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📍 Woodpark, Suburb / Locality

Where Woodpark sits — Average household size

3.4 ▲ +9.7%
  • 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 Woodpark — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woodpark3.4
2164, NSW 3.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 13.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why home sizes are so large, with 12.8% of households containing six or more people.

3.4 ▲ +9.7%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.3
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.2% ▼ -7.2%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.2%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Woodpark splits fairly evenly between 2 people (22%) and 4 people (20%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.3%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.

13.3% ▼ -5.3%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Woodpark, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; One-parent families is next at 13%.

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 Woodpark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14408/woodpark/topic/family-households