2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodend · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woodend
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Woodend than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 2.6 people. This is a place where families are common, with nearly 60% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Woodend — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 21.4% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. This lower rate of single-person homes helps explain why household sizes are higher than in most other areas.
21.4% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woodend, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.9%, followed by couples without children at 27.2%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
12.6% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodend, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without 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 Woodend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22833/woodend/topic/family-households