2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toorooka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toorooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Toorooka than in the rest of the country. This is a small community where 40.9% of households are single-person homes, making it much more likely for residents to live by themselves compared to the national figure.
2.2
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- 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 Toorooka — lower than 76% of areas.
| Toorooka | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.9% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the typical home in Toorooka holds just 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
40.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toorooka, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
20.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toorooka, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Toorooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13931/toorooka/topic/family-households