2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torrens · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Torrens
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Torrens than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per household. This creates a landscape where family life is the norm and few people live on their own.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Torrens — higher than 71% of areas.
| Torrens | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2607, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 22.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian Capital Territory and national figures. This lower rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size has edged up slightly since 2011.
22.3% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torrens, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 65.9% of the total. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, at just 10.4%.
10.4% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torrens, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091110/torrens/topic/family-households