2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tuggerah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tuggerah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Tuggerah are led by a single parent, a rate well above the national figure. This high number of single-parent homes marks a distinct social profile for the area compared to other parts of the state. Most households here are small, with a typical size of 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Tuggerah — higher than 50% of areas.
| Tuggerah | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little more than a quarter of people live by themselves, which is higher than most areas. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.3%, and the overall house size is about the same as the Australian average.
27.1% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tuggerah, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest rates for this type of family at this level, while couples with children make up 53.1% of the mix.
22.5% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tuggerah, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 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 Tuggerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13968/tuggerah/topic/family-households