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.
West Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Tamworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has seen West Tamworth become an area where many more people now live alone. This is reflected in the typical home holding just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
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 West Tamworth — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Tamworth | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of households consist of just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas.
36.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Tamworth splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.1% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
34.1% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →West Tamworth splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (34%), with Couples without children at 26%.
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 West Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14269/west-tamworth/topic/family-households