2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tallarook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tallarook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Tallarook compared to the state average, with only 21.1% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where the typical home is shared, though the overall number of people per home matches the national figure of 2.5.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Tallarook — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 41.9% of all households. The proportion of people living alone is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
21.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tallarook, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 48.0%. One-parent families account for 15.3%, which is a little above the state and national averages.
15.3% ▲ +97.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tallarook, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Tallarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22430/tallarook/topic/family-households