2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toorak Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Toorak Gardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Low numbers of single-parent homes set Toorak Gardens apart from most similar areas. While family life is common here, nearly 28% of homes are occupied by someone living alone. This mix creates a landscape where the typical household size is 2.5 people, matching the national figure.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Toorak Gardens — higher than 50% of areas.
| Toorak Gardens | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5065, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 34.3% of all homes.
27.7% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toorak Gardens, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families in the area. Only 8.1% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state average of 14.8% and the national figure of 14.1%.
8.1% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toorak Gardens, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Toorak Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41461/toorak-gardens/topic/family-households