2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toolamba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toolamba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68.1% of families in Toolamba, making it a place where family-led homes are the norm. The area has a strong focus on larger households, with the typical home holding 2.8 people, which is higher than most other areas.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Toolamba — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 14.5%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.5% ▲ +47.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toolamba, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
5.5% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toolamba, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Toolamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22534/toolamba/topic/family-households