2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Taggerty · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Taggerty are couples with children. This makes the area a strong base for family life, with most homes consisting of two or more people. The typical household size here is very similar to the figures seen across Victoria and the rest of Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Taggerty — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 44.2%, while 24.7% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the Victorian average.
2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
24.7% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Taggerty, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family groups are dominated by couples, whether with children (49.8%) or without (40.5%). Only 9.3% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the rates found in Victoria and across Australia.
9.3% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Taggerty, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Taggerty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22419/taggerty/topic/family-households