Woorabinda · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Woorabinda

How families and households are made up across the area.

A massive shift in home life has occurred in Woorabinda (L) since 2011, with one-parent families climbing by 48 percentage points. This change has contributed to a significant increase in household size, where 3.3 people now live in the typical home.

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📍 Woorabinda, Urban Centre

Where Woorabinda sits — Average household size

3.3 ▲ +65.0%
  • 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 Woorabinda — higher than 90% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Woorabinda3.3
4713, QLD 3.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Woorabinda (L) are much more crowded than the national figure of 2.5 people. While 25.3% of people live alone—about the same as the state and national rates—the number of people sharing a home has risen since 2011.

3.3 ▲ +65.0%

Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 3.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.3% ▼ -28.2%

Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 35.2%
  • 2016: 36.9%
  • 2021: 25.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Woorabinda splits fairly evenly between 1 person (25%) and 3 people (21%), with 6 or more at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parents head 63% of families here, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a stark increase from 2011, when one-parent families made up only 15.1% of the total.

63.0% ▲ +317.8%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 13.5%
  • 2021: 63.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Woorabinda, One-parent families is the majority at 63%; Couples with 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 Woorabinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321112/woorabinda/topic/family-households