2.6 ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wolumla · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wolumla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Wolumla, where the number of people living together has grown over the last decade. Most homes here are family-based, with a notable increase in the proportion of single parents raising children compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
▲ +18.2%
- 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 Wolumla — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wolumla | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wolumla holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This shift toward larger homes is reflected in a sharp drop in people living alone, which fell from 38.5% in 2011 to 18.7% in 2021.
18.7% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wolumla, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up over half of all households. One-parent families represent 17.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
17.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wolumla, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122150/wolumla/topic/family-households