Woronora Heights · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Woronora Heights

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than three people typically live in each home in Woronora Heights, making it a place of large households. This is well above the national figure, as the area is dominated by families with children and very few people living on their own.

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📍 Woronora Heights, Suburb / Locality

Where Woronora Heights sits — Average household size

3.2 ▼ -8.6%
  • 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 Woronora Heights — higher than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woronora Heights3.2
2233, NSW 2.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is rare here, with only 6.2% of people in single-person households, which is far below the national figure. Most homes are larger than average, with 3.2 people per household, a figure among the highest for similar areas.

3.2 ▼ -8.6%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5
  • 2016: 3.4
  • 2021: 3.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

6.2% ▲ +45.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Woronora Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of the area at 73.3%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower than most areas, at just 6.3%, which is well below the New South Wales average.

6.3% ▲ +17.4%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Woronora Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Woronora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14440/woronora-heights/topic/family-households