2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thowgla Valley · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Thowgla Valley compared to the state or national figures. This is a place where the vast majority of households are made up of families, with a very small number of one-parent homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thowgla Valley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Thowgla Valley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 3707 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, only 14.8% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
14.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Thowgla Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up over half of the area, at 54%. One-parent families account for just 4.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Thowgla Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thowgla Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22513/thowgla-valley/topic/family-households