2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Taree · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Taree
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Taree are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes Taree a place where small households are common and single-person living is a dominant trend.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Taree — lower than 76% of areas.
| Taree | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Taree is smaller than most, with 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6, and 35.7% of households consist of just one person.
35.7% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Taree splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 41.1% and couples without children at 31.1%.
26.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Taree, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13779/taree/topic/family-households