2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Towong Upper · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Towong Upper
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking lack of single-parent homes marks the family landscape in Towong Upper, where 0% of families fit this description. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%. The area is defined by larger living arrangements, with more people sharing each home than in most other parts of the country.
2.8
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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 Towong Upper — higher than 76% of areas.
| Towong Upper | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 3707 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is a little above the typical 2.5 people per home seen across Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Towong Upper, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 5 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families in Towong Upper are almost exclusively couples, with 66.7% having children and 33.3% without. This helps explain why one-parent families are non-existent here, a figure far below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Towong Upper, 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 Towong Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22564/towong-upper/topic/family-households