1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torrington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Torrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Torrington are made up of people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a small-scale living environment where the typical home holds only 1.7 people, making it one of the lowest counts for house occupancy among similar areas.
1.7
—
- 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 Torrington — lower than 94% of areas.
| Torrington | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2371, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 50% of households, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This explains why the typical home is small, with only 1.7 people per dwelling compared to 2.6 across the state.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torrington, 1 person is the majority at 57%; 2 people is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 47.4%, while one-parent families account for 13.2%. This last figure is higher than most areas, though it remains about the same as the national average of 14.1%.
13.2% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torrington, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (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 Torrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13937/torrington/topic/family-households