2.3 ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Willawong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Willawong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-parent families than the national average defines the household landscape in Willawong. While the typical home is slightly smaller than most, about 20.8% of families are led by one parent, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.3
▼ -28.1%
- 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 Willawong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Willawong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4110, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Willawong are a little smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.3 people. About 24.6% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
24.6% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Willawong, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 39.6%, followed closely by couples with children at 38.7%.
20.8% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Willawong splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Willawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33077/willawong/topic/family-households