Trangie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Trangie

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift in living patterns has seen more people living alone in Trangie since 2011. The town now has a high number of single-person households, with 36.2% of homes housing just one person.

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📍 Trangie, Suburb / Locality

Where Trangie sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -8.3%
  • 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 Trangie — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Trangie2.2
2823, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are smaller than usual, with a typical size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because people living alone make up 36.2% of households, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%.

2.2 ▼ -8.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.2% ▲ +13.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.0%
  • 2016: 35.6%
  • 2021: 36.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Trangie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.6% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Other families mostly consist of couples with children, who make up 45% of the group.

22.6% ▼ -0.5%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.8%
  • 2016: 21.2%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Trangie, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (23%).

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 Trangie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13950/trangie/topic/family-households