2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thargomindah · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Thargomindah than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is nearly the same as the national figure, a third of all households consist of just one person.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thargomindah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Thargomindah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4492, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
One-person homes are very common here, making up 33% of all households. This is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7% and the national figure of 25.6%.
2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.0% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Thargomindah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.1% of families, while one-parent families are very rare at just 3.9%. This is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
3.9% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Thargomindah, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thargomindah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32782/thargomindah/topic/family-households