2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wooloowin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wooloowin are couples with children. This makes the area a popular spot for parents, even though there are far more people living alone here than in most other similar suburbs. The typical home is smaller than the national average, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Wooloowin — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wooloowin | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4030, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 35.6% of people in Wooloowin live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the national average of 2.5 people.
35.6% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wooloowin, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 58.9% of the total, while one-parent families are rare at 9.2%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wooloowin, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/family-households