2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woodlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Woodlands, where two-thirds of all families include children. This focus on family life is reflected in the typical home, which holds 2.6 people—a figure slightly higher than the national average.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Woodlands — higher than 57% of areas.
| Woodlands | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6018, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.9% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 29.5% of the total.
26.9% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woodlands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the local family landscape at 66.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.7%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.7% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodlands, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Woodlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51638/woodlands/topic/family-households