2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Woodend · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Woodend
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Woodend revolves around larger households than in most similar areas. With over half of all families including children, it is a place where domestic life is centered on the home and the family unit.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Woodend — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas and matches the state and national figures. Single-person households make up 24.8% of the total, a rate that has barely changed over the last decade.
24.8% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Woodend, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.4%, while 15.3% of families are headed by one parent. This one-parent figure is a little above the Victorian and national rates.
15.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Woodend, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Woodend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215092/woodend/topic/family-households