2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woomargama · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woomargama
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Woomargama, which is well above the national figure. This creates a mixed residential profile where many single-person homes sit alongside a strong presence of families with children.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Woomargama — higher than 50% of areas.
| Woomargama | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2644, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures. While 32.4% of households have two people, nearly 30% of residents live by themselves, a rate higher than most other areas.
29.4% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woomargama splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 6.8% of the total, which is well below the state and national figures.
6.8% ▼ -67.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woomargama, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Woomargama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14431/woomargama/topic/family-households