2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woodvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Woodvale, where an unusually small number of people live by themselves. This creates a local environment centered on family life, with the typical home holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Woodvale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Woodvale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6026, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, and only 15% of people live alone. This is far below the 25.6% national figure, with 35.2% of households consisting of two people and 22.3% holding four.
15.0% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woodvale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 64.1%. One-parent families represent 9.9% of the total, which is well below the same figure for Australia.
9.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodvale, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Woodvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51641/woodvale/topic/family-households