2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Toowoomba
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Toowoomba are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area's family structures are fairly typical for the region, though there has been a steady rise in people living alone and a slight increase in one-parent families over the last decade.
2.5
→ 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 Toowoomba — higher than 57% of areas.
| Toowoomba | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Toowoomba has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While two-person homes are most common at 35.5%, the number of people living alone has risen to 27.1% since 2011.
27.1% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toowoomba, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen slightly since 2011. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31701/toowoomba/topic/family-households