2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woolamai
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Woolamai than in most similar areas. This is a small community where nearly 30% of households are just one person, which is well above the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Woolamai — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, a little below the figure for Victoria and Australia. This is consistent with the high number of people living alone, who make up 29.2% of all households.
29.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woolamai, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.3% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.0%, which is well below the state and national figures.
8.0% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woolamai, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22848/woolamai/topic/family-households