3.1 ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torres · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Torres
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Torres have fallen since 2011, though homes here remain more crowded than the national average. The area is now defined by a high proportion of one-parent families and an increasing number of people living on their own.
3.1
▼ -8.8%
- 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 Torres — higher than 91% of areas.
| Torres | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4874, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 3.1 people live in each home, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, it has dropped from 3.4 people per home in 2011.
25.5% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Torres splits fairly evenly between 1 person (26%) and 2 people (22%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.5% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011 and is now among the highest at this level.
26.5% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torres, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Torres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011401/torres/topic/family-households