Toukley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Toukley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 38% of people in Toukley live alone, making single-person households the most common living arrangement. This high number of sole occupants means the area has a much lower typical home occupancy than most other places.

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📍 Toukley, Suburb / Locality

Where Toukley sits — Average household size

2.1 → 0.0%
  • 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 Toukley — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Toukley2.1
2263, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Toukley are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 37.7% of residents live alone, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 25%.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.7% ▼ -0.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 37.8%
  • 2016: 36.6%
  • 2021: 37.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Toukley splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parents make up 23.9% of families here, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the largest family group at 40.6%.

23.9% ▲ +0.3%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.9%
  • 2016: 23.1%
  • 2021: 23.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Toukley, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (24%).

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 Toukley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13943/toukley/topic/family-households