2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toodyay · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Toodyay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Toodyay are couples without children, reflecting a local profile where childless households are common. While family sizes are slightly smaller than the national figure, the area has seen a steady rise in people living on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Toodyay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toodyay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Toodyay holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average and has edged down since 2011. This shift is partly due to the number of people living alone rising to 26.8%, a figure slightly above the state and national averages.
26.8% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toodyay, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 43.9% of families here, while couples with children account for 42.6%. One-parent families represent 12.4% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed over the last decade.
12.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Toodyay splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58330/toodyay/topic/family-households