1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woomelang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woomelang
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Woomelang, where the typical home holds only 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with many people living on their own.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Woomelang — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people live alone, which is far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most households are very small, with 47% containing two people and 38.6% just one.
38.6% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woomelang, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (40%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 60% of families here. One-parent families account for only 7.8%, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.8% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woomelang, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Woomelang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22852/woomelang/topic/family-households