2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba City · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toowoomba City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Toowoomba City are occupied by a single person. This creates a living pattern that is very different from the rest of the state, with a high number of small households and a smaller typical home size.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Toowoomba City — lower than 86% of areas.
| Toowoomba City | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 49% of people here live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home has only 2.0 people, well below the national average of 2.5.
49.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toowoomba City, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the local mix, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.5%.
21.7% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba City, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Toowoomba City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32855/toowoomba-city/topic/family-households