2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Towong · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Towong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, nearly 30% of people in Towong live alone. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than is common across Victoria and Australia. Most homes here are occupied by either a couple or a single person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Towong — lower than 86% of areas.
| Towong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This is reflected in the fact that 29.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and Australian averages.
29.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Towong, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.9% of families, while 41.4% are couples without children. Only 9.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the state and national figures.
9.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Towong, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Towong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Towong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26670/towong/topic/family-households