3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Torwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest part of the home life in Torwood, accounting for 64.4% of families. This is a place where households are notably large and family-oriented. The typical home is much more crowded than the national figure, with 3.4 people living under one roof.
3.4
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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 Torwood — higher than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Torwood are much larger than those in most other areas, with 3.4 people per home. This is well above the typical figure for both Victoria and Australia, which sit at 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Torwood, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 5 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are dominated by couples, with 31.1% being couples without children. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torwood, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Torwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22554/torwood/topic/family-households