2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toolong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toolong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Toolong compared to most similar areas. The town is heavily shaped by family life, with over 60% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.5
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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 Toolong — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Only 17.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toolong, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units dominate the area, with 60.8% of families being couples with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toolong, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Toolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22541/toolong/topic/family-households