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.
Tomakin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tomakin
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than the state average defines the household makeup in Tomakin. This trend contributes to a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
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 Tomakin — lower than 76% of areas.
| Tomakin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 42.3% of all households.
30.2% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tomakin, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.9% of families, while those without children account for 41.4%. One-parent families make up 12.9% of the total, which is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.9% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tomakin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13908/tomakin/topic/family-households