2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Taree South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Taree South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements are common in Taree South, where a high number of residents live alone. This is reflected in the typical home size, which is smaller than the national figure. Around 36% of households consist of just one person.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Taree South — lower than 76% of areas.
| Taree South | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with typically 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6, and is driven by the 35.9% of people who live alone—a rate far above the Australian average.
35.9% ▲ +79.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Taree South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples with children, while 39.1% are couples without. One-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.5% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Taree South, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13780/taree-south/topic/family-households