2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thomastown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thomastown
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 18.1% of families in Thomastown are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This is a place where most homes are shared, with a strong presence of couples raising children together. The typical home here is slightly larger than the state average.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Thomastown — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Thomastown holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 24.3% of residents live alone, a figure a little below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
24.3% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thomastown, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.6%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting at 18.1% compared to the Australian figure of 14.1%.
18.1% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thomastown, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Thomastown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thomastown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22504/thomastown/topic/family-households