Wool Wool · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wool Wool

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost no one lives alone in Wool Wool, creating a huge gap compared to the national figure of 25.6%. This sparsely populated area is almost entirely made up of multi-person households, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.

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📍 Wool Wool, Suburb / Locality

Where Wool Wool sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Wool Wool — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wool Wool2.7
3249, VIC 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common at 38.1%, while 0% of residents live alone, a figure far below the Victorian average.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Wool Wool, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families here at 52%. One-parent families account for only 6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

6.0%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wool Wool, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Wool Wool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22847/wool-wool/topic/family-households