2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tweed Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Tweed Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people live alone in Tweed Valley, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households contributes to a general mix of family types, though the area remains largely residential with a diverse range of household sizes.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Tweed Valley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tweed Valley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While two-person households are most common at 37.1%, those living alone make up 28.8% of the area, which is much higher than in most other regions.
28.8% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tweed Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, though one-parent families are much more common here than in most areas at 16.3%. This figure is a little above the state and national averages, despite falling slightly since 2011.
16.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tweed Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Tweed Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11203/tweed-valley/topic/family-households