2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toogoom · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toogoom
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Toogoom consist of couples without children. This makes them the most common living arrangement in the area, which is part of a generally small household size across the region.
2.3
▼ -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 Toogoom — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toogoom | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are smaller than in most other areas, with 2.3 people per dwelling. About 48.6% of households have two people, while those living alone make up 21.9%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.9% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toogoom, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.6%. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
14.6% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Toogoom splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Toogoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32845/toogoom/topic/family-households