Wootton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wootton

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than a third of households in Wootton are made up of just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small home sizes, as the typical home here is much smaller than those in the rest of the state.

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📍 Wootton, Suburb / Locality

Where Wootton sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -16.7%
  • 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 Wootton — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wootton2.0
2423, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 33.7% of people living alone, this is much higher than the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, Wootton has only 2.0 people per home, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.0 ▼ -16.7%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.7% ▲ +43.1%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.5%
  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 33.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wootton, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the bulk of families here at 61.8%. One-parent families account for 8.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

8.3% ▲ +25.7%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wootton, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 27%.

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 Wootton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14435/wootton/topic/family-households