2.4 —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woolgoolga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Woolgoolga
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Woolgoolga now live alone, though this is a drop from previous years. The area has a mix of household types, with nearly half of all families including children. This shift comes as the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly to 2.4.
2.4
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- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Woolgoolga — higher than 57% of areas.
| Woolgoolga | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 35%, while the typical number of people per home is 2.4.
30.8% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Woolgoolga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.7%. One-parent families account for 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and a drop of 8.2 points since 2016.
16.1% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woolgoolga, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114035/woolgoolga/topic/family-households