2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tocumwal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tocumwal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in Tocumwal, representing 46.4% of all families. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national average, with a notable number of people living on their own.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Tocumwal — lower than 76% of areas.
| Tocumwal | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2714, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Tocumwal has 2.2 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
32.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tocumwal, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples without children, while 41.7% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 10.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.9% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tocumwal splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13903/tocumwal/topic/family-households