2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tarrenlea · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of single-parent homes than the state average defines the family life in Tarrenlea. This small area sees a high proportion of couples with children and larger households than typical for Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tarrenlea — higher than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Tarrenlea are typically larger than most, with an average of 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Tarrenlea, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Family types and one-parent families.
No one-parent families were recorded here, a figure far below the Victorian average of 13.3%. This is consistent with the high number of couples with children, who make up 63.6% of families.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Tarrenlea, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 48%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tarrenlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22461/tarrenlea/topic/family-households