2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wooreen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wooreen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Wooreen than in most other areas, with only 10.3% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where the vast majority of residents share their living space with others.
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 Wooreen — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wooreen houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Most households consist of two people (62.1%), while those with only one resident are far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
10.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wooreen, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 3 people is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.6%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wooreen, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Wooreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22856/wooreen/topic/family-households