1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Terara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Terara
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Terara are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its very small household sizes and a high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Terara — lower than 91% of areas.
| Terara | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over 51% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Terara has only 1.8 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
51.4% ▲ +49.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Terara, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 40% of families have children, while 43% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas.
16.5% ▲ +117.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Terara splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Terara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13810/terara/topic/family-households