2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wollongong · State Electorate
Family & Households in Wollongong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Wollongong than in 2011, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements. This is a place where single-person households are now very common, with over 31% of homes housing just one person. This trend contributes to the area having fewer people per home than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Wollongong — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wollongong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wollongong holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a high proportion of single-person households, as 31.3% of residents live alone—a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
31.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wollongong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.8%.
16.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wollongong, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10092/wollongong/topic/family-households