2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toora · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toora
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Toora, where a high number of people live on their own. This is a quiet residential area where just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most other similar areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Toora — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 37.2% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the typical home is smaller than most, with only 2.1 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia.
37.2% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toora splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen nationally. Other family types are common, with couples without children representing 40.6% of the mix.
18.8% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Toora splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Toora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22544/toora/topic/family-households