2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toolakea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toolakea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 31% of people live alone in Toolakea, which is much higher than the national figure. This trend helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with a typical household containing just 2.3 people.
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 Toolakea — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toolakea | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One person lives alone in 31.5% of households, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 43.8% of all households.
31.5% ▲ +122.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toolakea, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.0% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Couples without children are the largest group, representing 43.4% of families.
21.0% ▲ +80.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toolakea, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Toolakea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32846/toolakea/topic/family-households