2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wooloweyah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wooloweyah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wooloweyah are couples with children, making this the most common home type. The area has a balanced mix of household sizes, with the typical home housing about 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Wooloweyah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wooloweyah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2464, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.8% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 40% of all homes.
23.8% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wooloweyah, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.6% of the area, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%. Couples without children also make up a significant portion of the community at 33.1%.
9.6% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wooloweyah, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Wooloweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14429/wooloweyah/topic/family-households