2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tooma · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tooma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 5.9% of families in Tooma are led by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This small community is mostly made up of couples, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Tooma — lower than 57% of areas.
| Tooma | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2642, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Tooma house two people, and the typical household size of 2.4 is about the same as the national figure. Only 20.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
20.8% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tooma, 2 people is the majority at 77%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of the community, with 47.1% raising children and 41.2% without. One-parent families are rare here, sitting at 5.9%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
5.9% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tooma, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (44%) and One-parent families (6%).
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 Tooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13924/tooma/topic/family-households