Tragowel · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tragowel

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher share of people live alone in Tragowel than across the rest of Australia. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, more than a third of households are single-person dwellings. This creates a distinct split in the local living arrangements compared to the state average.

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Where Tragowel sits — Average household size

2.4 ▲ +4.3%
  • 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 Tragowel — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tragowel2.4
3579, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Around 35.7% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical number of people per home is 2.4, which is about the same as the Victoria and Australia figures.

2.4 ▲ +4.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.7% ▲ +38.1%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 35.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Tragowel splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.6% of families, while those without children account for 39.7%. One-parent families represent 12.1% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.

12.1% ▲ +73.2%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tragowel, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).

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 Tragowel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22568/tragowel/topic/family-households