Tyrendarra · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tyrendarra

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Tyrendarra are couples with children, making this the most common household type. It is a place where few people live alone and one-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the country.

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Where Tyrendarra sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Tyrendarra — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tyrendarra2.4
3285, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here have 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 19.5% of residents live alone, a rate that is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.5% ▲ +10.2%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.7%
  • 2016: 25.7%
  • 2021: 19.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tyrendarra, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples, with 55.4% raising children and 38% without. Only 8.4% of families are led by a single parent, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

8.4% ▲ +110.8%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tyrendarra, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.

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 Tyrendarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22602/tyrendarra/topic/family-households