2.4 ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woolbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher than usual share of people live alone in Woolbrook, making it stand out from similar areas. While many homes are small, over half of the families here are couples raising children together.
2.4
▼ -17.2%
- 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 Woolbrook — lower than 57% of areas.
| Woolbrook | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2354, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Despite this, the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the national average.
28.8% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woolbrook, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, while one-parent families at 8.9% are well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.9% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woolbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Woolbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14418/woolbrook/topic/family-households