2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tumut · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tumut
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of households in Tumut are made up of a single person, which is well above the national figure. This trend means the community has a higher proportion of people living alone and smaller typical home sizes compared to most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Tumut — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tumut | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2720, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Tumut holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is reflected in the household mix, where 34.8% of homes house two people and 31.7% house just one.
31.7% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tumut splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. About half of all families in the area are couples with children, while 30.5% are couples without children.
18.4% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tumut, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Tumut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13984/tumut/topic/family-households