Woodstock · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Woodstock

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households and people living alone are very common in Woodstock (L). The typical home here houses only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This shift toward smaller living arrangements has grown steadily over the last decade.

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📍 Woodstock, Urban Centre

Where Woodstock sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -20.0%
  • 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 Woodstock — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woodstock2.0
2793, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 37.5% of people live alone, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average and has risen by 9.4 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than most other areas.

2.0 ▼ -20.0%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.5% ▲ +33.3%

Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 28.1%
  • 2016: 27.4%
  • 2021: 37.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Woodstock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.7% of the local mix, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. However, this figure has fallen by 3.9 points since 2011.

19.7% ▼ -16.5%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 23.6%
  • 2016: 25.6%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Woodstock splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 19%.

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 Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122152/woodstock/topic/family-households