3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tygalgah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tygalgah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Tygalgah have remained consistently large over the last decade, with an average of 3.0 people per home. This makes the area much more crowded than most other similar places, as families take up a huge share of the local housing.
3.0
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- 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 Tygalgah — higher than 86% of areas.
| Tygalgah | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded homes are common here, with the typical household having 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This helps explain why very few people live alone here, at just 15.6% compared to the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.6% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tygalgah, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 61.0%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
13.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tygalgah, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Tygalgah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14014/tygalgah/topic/family-households