2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thoona · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Thoona than in most other areas, with 38.5% of households consisting of just one person. This shift toward smaller living arrangements means the typical home here holds fewer people than is usual across Victoria.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thoona — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
With 38.5% of homes being single-person households, the typical home in Thoona has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
38.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Thoona, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.1% of families, while one-parent families represent 9.6%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Thoona, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22507/thoona/topic/family-households