2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woombah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woombah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Woombah consist of couples without children. This makes the area feel smaller and quieter than most, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
→ 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 Woombah — lower than 76% of areas.
| Woombah | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2469, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 48.3% containing two people and 27.2% consisting of someone living alone. This last group is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
27.2% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woombah, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 46.3%, while 40.7% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woombah, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Woombah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14432/woombah/topic/family-households