2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolumbool · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woolumbool
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Woolumbool compared to the rest of the state. Most homes here are family-based, which is reflected in a typical household size of 2.8 people—a figure that is higher than both the state and national averages.
2.8
—
- 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 Woolumbool — higher than 76% of areas.
| Woolumbool | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5272, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Woolumbool are larger than most, with 42.9% containing three people and 19% holding five. Only 19% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woolumbool, the largest group is 3 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as 71.2% of households are couples with children. This helps explain why one-parent families make up only 6.8% of the community, a rate well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.8% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woolumbool, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Woolumbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41653/woolumbool/topic/family-households