2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Toowoomba
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Toowoomba are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. The area sees more one-parent families than most similar places, and the number of people living alone has risen slightly over the last decade.
2.5
→ 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 Toowoomba — higher than 71% of areas.
| Toowoomba | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Toowoomba holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and matches the national figure. While 36.2% of households have two people, those living alone make up 27.4% of the total.
27.4% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toowoomba, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and rose 1.3 points since 2011. This is slightly above the national rate of 14.1%.
15.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36910/toowoomba/topic/family-households