2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodsdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Woodsdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people living alone has become a standout feature of Woodsdale over the last decade. This sparsely populated area now sees 35% of households consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Woodsdale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Woodsdale holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure. Small households are common, with 37.5% of homes housing two people and 35% housing just one.
35.0% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woodsdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 47.7% having children and 46.2% without. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 6.2% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national levels.
6.2% ▼ -63.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Woodsdale splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Woodsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60765/woodsdale/topic/family-households