2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toolleen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toolleen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Toolleen are couples with children. This is a small community where most households consist of just one or two people, though there is a notably low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Toolleen — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes in Toolleen are occupied by two people, and 28.2% of residents live alone. This last figure is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
28.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toolleen, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.6% of the area, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. The rest of the families are couples, with 52.8% having children and 40.4% without.
5.6% ▼ -49.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toolleen, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Toolleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22538/toolleen/topic/family-households