Toobeah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Toobeah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Toobeah, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This community is heavily driven by family life, with a very high proportion of households consisting of couples raising children.

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📍 Toobeah, Suburb / Locality

Where Toobeah sits — Average household size

2.9 ▲ +11.5%
  • 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 Toobeah — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Toobeah2.9
4498, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are a little larger than the state and national figure, with 2.9 people per home. About 24.4% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the Queensland average.

2.9 ▲ +11.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

24.4% ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.3%
  • 2016: 22.4%
  • 2021: 24.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71%. In contrast, one-parent families are very rare here, at just 2.8%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

2.8% ▲ +60.7%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Toobeah, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Toobeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32843/toobeah/topic/family-households