Woodhouse · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Woodhouse

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far lower rate of single-parent families than the state average defines the family landscape in Woodhouse. The area is mostly made up of couples, with no one-parent families recorded in the latest census.

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📍 Woodhouse, Suburb / Locality

Where Woodhouse sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Woodhouse — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woodhouse2.2
3294, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Woodhouse tend to be smaller than usual, with 2.2 people per house. This is a little below the typical figure for both Victoria and Australia, which is 2.5.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Woodhouse, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 38%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families here at 54.5%, while couples with children account for 36.4%. This helps explain why there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Woodhouse, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 40%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Woodhouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22838/woodhouse/topic/family-households