1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tuross Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tuross Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Tuross Head, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a community with a very high proportion of single-person households and small family units compared to the rest of the country.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Tuross Head — lower than 89% of areas.
| Tuross Head | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 1.9 people, much lower than the New South Wales average of 2.6.
33.2% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tuross Head, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 61%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.3% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tuross Head, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Tuross Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13997/tuross-head/topic/family-households