2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tarrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tarrawarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger household sizes have become more common in Tarrawarra since 2011. This is a place where families typically live together, with an unusual 2.9 people per home, which is higher than the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
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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 Tarrawarra — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Far fewer people live alone here than in most areas, at only 17.4%, which is well below the Victorian figure. Most homes are occupied by two people (56.5%) or four people (21.7%).
17.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tarrawarra, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 4 people is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families (49.1%), while one-parent families are much less common than in most areas at just 5.7%.
5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tarrawarra, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Tarrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22457/tarrawarra/topic/family-households