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Family & Households in Woolloongabba

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than 32% of people live alone in Woolloongabba, which is well above the national figure. This creates a neighborhood of small households where a typical home holds only 2.1 people. It is a place where single-person and two-person homes are far more common than in most other areas.

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📍 Woolloongabba, Suburb / Locality

Where Woolloongabba sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Woolloongabba — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woolloongabba2.1
4102, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 32.3% of the area, which is much higher than most other places. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than those in Queensland and Australia, with only 2.1 people per household.

2.1 ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.3% ▲ +0.3%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.2%
  • 2016: 31.1%
  • 2021: 32.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Woolloongabba, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.

10.7% ▼ -15.3%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Woolloongabba splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33144/woolloongabba/topic/family-households