2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Taroon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Taroon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Taroon are couples with children, making this a key part of the local social makeup. The area is largely family-oriented, with a notable absence of single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
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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 Taroon — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Taroon typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Taroon, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 57.7%, while couples with children account for 50.0%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Taroon, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 46%.
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 Taroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22453/taroon/topic/family-households