Albury - Wodonga · Urban Area

Family & Households in Albury - Wodonga

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are living alone in Albury - Wodonga than they were in 2011. This rise in single-person households is part of a broader trend where 30.4% of homes now house only one person, a figure well above the national average.

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Where Albury - Wodonga sits — Average household size

2.4 → 0.0%
  • 2.0: 2 areas
  • 2.1: 1 area
  • 2.2: 11 areas
  • 2.3: 27 areas
  • 2.4: 24 areas
  • 2.5: 27 areas
  • 2.6: 9 areas
  • 2.7: 5 areas
  • 2.8: 3 areas
  • 2.9: 0 areas
  • 3.0: 1 area
  • 3.1: 0 areas
  • 3.2: 0 areas
  • 3.3: 1 area

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Albury - Wodonga — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Albury - Wodonga2.4
3690, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.4% of homes are occupied by one person, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Despite this, the typical home still holds 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the Victorian average.

2.4 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.4% ▲ +6.7%

Higher than 69% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 28.4%
  • 2016: 29.1%
  • 2021: 30.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Albury - Wodonga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. These families sit alongside couples with children, who form the largest group at 53.1% of all families.

17.5% ▲ +2.6%

Higher than 62% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 17.1%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 17.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Albury - Wodonga, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Albury - Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1001/albury-wodonga/topic/family-households