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.

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📍 Woolloomooloo, Suburb / Locality

Where Woolloomooloo sits — Average household size

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.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woolloomooloo1.7
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.

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.

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

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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

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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