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.
Toowoomba - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Toowoomba - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Toowoomba - East compared to the rest of the state. While 31.9% of households are single-person homes, the typical home is smaller than average with just 2.3 people living in it.
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 Toowoomba - East — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toowoomba - East | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.9% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.3 people is a little below the national average.
31.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toowoomba - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.9%, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba - East, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011457/toowoomba-east/topic/family-households