1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tongio · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tongio
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller household sizes than most similar areas define Tongio, where only 1.9 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, as the area has a high number of people living alone.
1.9
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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 Tongio — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. More than half of all households consist of just two people, while 21.7% have four people.
34.8% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tongio, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in Tongio, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with 45.2% having no children and 41.9% having children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tongio, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 48%.
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 Tongio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22530/tongio/topic/family-households