2.6 ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toorloo Arm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toorloo Arm
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families mark the home life in Toorloo Arm compared to the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area sees about 19.6% of families led by a single parent, which is well above the national figure. Most homes here are family-based, with a typical household containing 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -36.6%
- 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 Toorloo Arm — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Toorloo Arm hold 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. About 24.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average.
24.8% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toorloo Arm, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.6% of the total, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Over half of the families here are couples with children, while 30.3% are couples without children.
19.6% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toorloo Arm, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Toorloo Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22548/toorloo-arm/topic/family-households