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.
Wootton · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wootton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wootton | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2423, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.7% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Wootton, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wootton, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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