2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Willoughby · State Electorate
Family & Households in Willoughby
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 63% of families in Willoughby are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. The local household patterns are very stable, with the typical number of people per home remaining at 2.5 since 2011.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Willoughby — lower than 57% of areas.
| Willoughby | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Willoughby holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Roughly one quarter of residents live alone, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.
25.5% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Willoughby, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 10.1% of local families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since the 2011 census.
10.1% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Willoughby, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10090/willoughby/topic/family-households