2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Toowoomba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in East Toowoomba than in most similar areas. This trend means the typical home here is smaller, with only 2.2 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 East Toowoomba — lower than 76% of areas.
| East Toowoomba | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.3% of households are single person, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of sole occupants helps explain why the area has fewer people per home than most other places.
37.3% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Toowoomba, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.7%, while one-parent families represent 14.9%. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national averages.
14.9% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Toowoomba, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 East Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30933/east-toowoomba/topic/family-households