2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wood Wood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wood Wood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Wood Wood are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, making the area smaller than most other similar places. Family life varies, with a high number of one-parent homes compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Wood Wood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 36.4% of households, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Wood Wood holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national average of 2.5.
36.4% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wood Wood, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.6% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. Other family types include couples with children at 52.6% and couples without children at 33.3%.
24.6% ▲ +154.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wood Wood, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Wood Wood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22832/wood-wood/topic/family-households