Tarlo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tarlo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Only 15.3% of people in Tarlo live alone, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where households are typically larger and much more likely to be family-based than in other similar areas.

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📍 Tarlo, Suburb / Locality

Where Tarlo sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Tarlo — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tarlo2.6
2580, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes have two people (49.2%), contributing to a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Far fewer people live by themselves here compared to the rest of Australia.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.3%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.0%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tarlo, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with children make up nearly half of the area (48.1%). One-parent families are very rare at just 3.1%, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.

3.1%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Tarlo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (48%), with One-parent families at 3%.

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 Tarlo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13782/tarlo/topic/family-households