2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tenterfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tenterfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Tenterfield are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the New South Wales figure. This trend means homes here are generally smaller, with a typical household containing just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Tenterfield — lower than 81% of areas.
| Tenterfield | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2372, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.3% of households consist of a single person, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This explains why the usual household size is a little below the national figure.
35.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tenterfield, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.5%.
16.9% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tenterfield splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13807/tenterfield/topic/family-households