1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toora North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toora North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small number of people per home has become the norm in Toora North since 2011. This sparsely populated area is now defined by a high proportion of residents living alone, with 40.4% of households consisting of just one person.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 North — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Toora North holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This explains why 40.4% of people live alone, a rate far above both the state and national figures.
40.4% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toora North, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (44%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 64.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian average.
10.9% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toora North, Couples without children is the majority at 73%; Couples with children is next at 14%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22545/toora-north/topic/family-households