Woodside Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Woodside Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households have become the norm in Woodside Beach, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This creates a living pattern far different from the rest of the country, with the typical home hosting only 2.1 people.

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📍 Woodside Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Woodside Beach sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Woodside Beach — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woodside Beach2.1
3874, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is very common here, with 45.1% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and helps explain why the number of people per home is a little below the Victorian average.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

45.1%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.6%
  • 2021: 45.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Woodside Beach, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (43%) and 4 people (7%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.7%, while 39.5% of families have children. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.

13.2%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Woodside Beach, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).

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 Woodside Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22842/woodside-beach/topic/family-households