2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Towong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Towong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small number of one-parent families is the most striking feature of the family landscape in Towong. This area has far fewer single-parent homes than the state or national figures. Most households are small, with more than half containing just two people.
2.2
—
- 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 Towong — lower than 76% of areas.
| Towong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 3707 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Towong typically hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. About 25% of residents live alone, a rate that is about the same as the rest of the country.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Towong, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 5.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Instead, couples without children make up the largest group at 51.8%, followed by couples with children at 41.8%.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Towong, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and Other families (8%).
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 Towong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22563/towong/topic/family-households