2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toowong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in Toowong than in most other areas. This is a place where small households are the norm, with 32% of residents living entirely on their own. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Toowong — lower than 81% of areas.
| Toowong | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4066, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 32% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are even more common at 40.2%, while larger homes of five or more people are rare at only 3.4%.
32.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toowong, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.3% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
10.3% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowong, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Toowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32854/toowong/topic/family-households