2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torbay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Torbay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Torbay are couples with children, making them the most common household type in the area. Most homes are small, with the typical household containing just two or three people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Torbay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Torbay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Torbay has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. About 23.3% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the national average.
23.3% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torbay, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16% of the total, which is much higher than in most other areas. This is a little above the state and national figures.
16.0% ▲ +49.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torbay, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Torbay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51462/torbay/topic/family-households