3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tacoma · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tacoma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the norm in Tacoma, which is much higher than most other areas. This high density makes the suburb stand out from the rest of the state and nation. Large households and a high number of families define the local living arrangements.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Tacoma — higher than 86% of areas.
| Tacoma | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 15%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with 30.9% of households containing two people and nearly 20% holding four.
15.0% ▲ +73.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tacoma, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the bulk of the community, including 54.6% of couples with children. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 21.4% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
21.4% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tacoma, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without 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 Tacoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13739/tacoma/topic/family-households