2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toongabbie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toongabbie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Toongabbie (Vic.) have remained steady, with couples raising children remaining the dominant household type. Most homes are larger than the national average, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Toongabbie — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 20.5% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical home here is larger than most, with 2.7 people per household.
20.5% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toongabbie, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toongabbie, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Toongabbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22543/toongabbie/topic/family-households