2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thomastown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Thomastown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Thomastown are lived in by couples with children, making it an area where family life is central. The suburb has a notable number of single-parent households, which are far more common here than in most other parts of the country.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Thomastown — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Thomastown holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas, though this number has dropped since 2011. About 24.4% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 6.9 percentage points over the last decade.
24.4% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thomastown, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a rise from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 55.6%.
18.0% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thomastown, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Thomastown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041223/thomastown/topic/family-households