Mount Tomah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Tomah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Mount Tomah, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas, with a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Mount Tomah, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Tomah sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Tomah — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Tomah2.1
2758, NSW 3.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes here house two people, making up 71.4% of all households. Only 10.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.7%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.4%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Tomah, 2 people is the majority at 77%; 1 person is next at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 69.8%. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Tomah, Couples without children is the majority at 77%; Couples with 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 Mount Tomah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12806/mount-tomah/topic/family-households