2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 4.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wooroloo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wooroloo
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the state and national figures, Wooroloo (L) typically sees 2.6 people per home. This is a significant drop from 2016, when the typical home held 4.6 people. Most households are now made up of couples, with families with children making up the largest group.
2.6
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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 Wooroloo — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wooroloo | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6558, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in the area are slightly larger than the national figure, though the number of people living alone has risen sharply since 2016 to 23.3%. Two-person households are the most common, accounting for 35.3% of all homes.
23.3% —
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wooroloo, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.6%, while couples without children account for 28.0%. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages but fell 12 points since 2016.
13.7% —
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wooroloo, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Wooroloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522068/wooroloo/topic/family-households