2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Toowoomba - Central
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 37% of households in Toowoomba - Central are people living alone, which is one of the highest rates for any area at this level. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a small typical household size. It is a place where a large proportion of people live independently or in small family groups.
2.2
→ 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 Toowoomba - Central — lower than 86% of areas.
| Toowoomba - Central | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 37% of people living alone, Toowoomba - Central has a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is among the highest rates of single-person households in the country and has risen slightly since 2011.
37.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toowoomba - Central splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and national rates. Almost half of all families are couples with children, while 28.9% are couples without children.
20.3% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba - Central, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011456/toowoomba-central/topic/family-households