2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Tamworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone shapes daily life in North Tamworth. This is a smaller-household area where 38% of homes are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 North Tamworth — lower than 76% of areas.
| North Tamworth | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This smaller home size is driven by the fact that people living alone are much more common here than in most other areas.
38.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Tamworth, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.1% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits about the same as the state and national figures.
14.1% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Tamworth, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 North Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13021/north-tamworth/topic/family-households