2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tom Price · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tom Price
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Tom Price, where 2.9 people typically live in each home. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community heavily shaped by family living.
2.9
→ 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 Tom Price — higher than 81% of areas.
| Tom Price | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6751, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than most areas, with 20.3% of people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 27.5%, followed by four-person homes at 21.4%.
20.3% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tom Price, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 76% of all families. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at only 5.0% compared to the 14.1% national figure.
5.0% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tom Price, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51456/tom-price/topic/family-households