2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Tamworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 41% of families in South Tamworth are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. The neighbourhood is marked by a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 South Tamworth — lower than 76% of areas.
| South Tamworth | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in South Tamworth typically hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 38% of people live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
38.0% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Tamworth, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.8% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children and couples without children also make up large shares of the community at 40.9% and 28.2% respectively.
28.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Tamworth, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (28%).
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 South Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13613/south-tamworth/topic/family-households