Tumut Plains · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tumut Plains

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household sizes in Tumut Plains have remained notably larger than the national average over the last decade. The area is overwhelmingly made up of family units, with the typical home sheltering nearly three people.

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📍 Tumut Plains, Suburb / Locality

Where Tumut Plains sits — Average household size

2.9
  • 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 Plains — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tumut Plains2.9
2720, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.9 people per home, households here are much larger than in most other areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.

2.9

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Tumut Plains splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 3 people (27%), with 5 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family structures here are very traditional, as 80.8% of families are couples with children. This helps explain why one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tumut Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 84%; Couples without children is next at 16%.

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 Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13985/tumut-plains/topic/family-households