2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woodleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
A stable domestic profile defines Woodleigh, where household sizes have remained consistent with state and national patterns. Most homes are occupied by couples, with a notably low number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
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- 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 Woodleigh — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people in Woodleigh live alone, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. The typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the state and national average.
27.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woodleigh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 68.8%. Only 3.1% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
3.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Woodleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22839/woodleigh/topic/family-households