2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torrington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Torrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Torrington compared to the rest of the country. Most households are larger than the national figure, with nearly 60% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Torrington — higher than 76% of areas.
| Torrington | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 11% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.0% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torrington, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are the norm, with couples with children making up 59.5% of the total. One-parent families account for only 5.5%, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
5.5% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torrington, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Torrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32862/torrington/topic/family-households