2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wooroolin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wooroolin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Wooroolin have remained steady since 2011, though the area now sees a higher share of one-parent families than most similar places. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, reflecting a stable residential community.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 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 Wooroolin — higher than 57% of areas.
| Wooroolin | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4608, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Wooroolin house two people, and with 2.6 people per home, the size is slightly higher than the national figure. About 23.2% of residents live alone, which is a little below the Australian average of 25.6%.
23.2% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wooroolin, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, while 37.8% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
14.6% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wooroolin, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Wooroolin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33158/wooroolin/topic/family-households