2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tempy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tempy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Tempy is shaped by larger-than-usual family groups, with one-parent families being much more common here than in most similar areas. The area is largely residential, with 57.4% of families consisting of couples with children.
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 Tempy — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Tempy typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. About 23.8% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tempy, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than in most similar areas.
21.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tempy, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Tempy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22485/tempy/topic/family-households