2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tomerong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tomerong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Tomerong are couples with children. This creates a community where homes are generally more crowded than in most other areas, with an average of 2.8 people per household.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Tomerong — higher than 76% of areas.
| Tomerong | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Tomerong has much larger households than most areas, with typical homes holding 2.8 people. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 17.3%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.3% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tomerong, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.6%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
10.6% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tomerong, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Tomerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13912/tomerong/topic/family-households