Tingha · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tingha

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more one-parent families live in Tingha than in most similar areas. This stands out as the most striking feature of the local community, with 30.4% of families fitting this description. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, the family structures here differ sharply from the state average.

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📍 Tingha, Suburb / Locality

Where Tingha sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -11.1%
  • 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 Tingha — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tingha2.4
2369, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 26.7% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure. Most homes are small, with 40% containing just two people and 26.7% containing only one.

2.4 ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.7% ▲ +2.2%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.1%
  • 2016: 23.0%
  • 2021: 26.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tingha, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 30.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 35.3%.

30.4% ▲ +43.9%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.1%
  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 30.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Tingha splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (36%) and Couples without children (32%), with One-parent families at 31%.

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 Tingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13891/tingha/topic/family-households