2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tongala · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tongala
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of homes in Tongala are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households shapes the local landscape, creating a mix of small households and traditional family units.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Tongala — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.3% of people here live by themselves, a figure much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
32.3% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tongala splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the local total, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 54.1% of the group.
16.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tongala, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Tongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22528/tongala/topic/family-households