Tullamarine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Tullamarine

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Tullamarine are couples with children, making it the most common family type in the area. The neighbourhood is marked by a very high number of people living alone, with 33.4% of households consisting of just one person.

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📍 Tullamarine, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Tullamarine sits — Average household size

2.3 → 0.0%
  • 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 Tullamarine — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tullamarine2.3
3043, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are much more common here than in most areas, rising 5.0 percentage points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home in Tullamarine has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.4% ▲ +17.4%

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 28.5%
  • 2016: 31.2%
  • 2021: 33.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Tullamarine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.

17.9% ▼ -0.6%

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 18.0%
  • 2016: 19.2%
  • 2021: 17.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tullamarine, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Tullamarine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051250/tullamarine/topic/family-households