2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tweed · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Tweed
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Tweed have remained largely stable over the last decade, though the number of single-parent families has fallen slightly. Most people here live in small groups, with two-person households being the most common arrangement. This stability is reflected in the typical household size, which has not changed since 2011.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Tweed — lower than 57% of areas.
| Tweed | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people in Tweed live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 37.1% housing two people and 28.8% housing one person. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
28.8% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tweed, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families in Tweed are couples with children, while 32.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
16.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tweed, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17550/tweed/topic/family-households