2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tambar Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tambar Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Tambar Springs than in most other areas. This trend means homes here are smaller than average, with the typical house holding just 2.1 people. These figures show a place where single-person households are far more common than across New South Wales or Australia.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Tambar Springs — lower than 81% of areas.
| Tambar Springs | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2381, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is only 2.1 people, a little below the state average of 2.6.
35.3% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tambar Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.7% of families, while 16.5% are one-parent families. This last group is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than in most similar areas.
16.5% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tambar Springs, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Tambar Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13759/tambar-springs/topic/family-households