1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolloomooloo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woolloomooloo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Woolloomooloo are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct local profile where small households are the norm and larger family groups are much less common than in other parts of the state.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Woolloomooloo — lower than 94% of areas.
| Woolloomooloo | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2011, NSW | 1.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 51.2% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
51.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woolloomooloo, 1 person is the majority at 51%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples without children, who account for 55.1% of the total.
17.5% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woolloomooloo, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 Woolloomooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14424/woolloomooloo/topic/family-households