3.0 ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Traralgon South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Traralgon South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Traralgon South than in the rest of the country. This area is dominated by larger households, with an unusually high number of families with children compared to the national trend.
3.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Traralgon South — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 7.1% of people living alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Traralgon South, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with couples with children making up 67.6% of the total. Single-parent families are less common here at 7.1%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
7.1% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Traralgon South, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Traralgon South
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Traralgon South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22571/traralgon-south/topic/family-households