Tyntynder · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tyntynder

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people share a roof in Tyntynder than in most similar areas, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This is a community of larger households where few people live on their own.

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📍 Tyntynder, Suburb / Locality

Where Tyntynder sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +3.7%
  • 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 Tyntynder — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tyntynder2.8
3586, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure, and only 20% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia. About 18% of households contain four people and 16% contain five.

2.8 ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.0% ▼ -24.3%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.4%
  • 2016: 22.9%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Tyntynder splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (22%), with 4 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families are couples with children, making up 66.9% of the total. Only 5.3% are one-parent families, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.

5.3% ▼ -43.0%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tyntynder, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Tyntynder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22600/tyntynder/topic/family-households