Tipperary · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tipperary

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families set Tipperary apart from the rest of the territory. While most homes in the area are couples with children, the typical household size is about the same as the national figure.

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📍 Tipperary, Suburb / Locality

Where Tipperary sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Tipperary — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tipperary2.5
0822, NT 3.8
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Tipperary hold 2.5 people on average, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8 and about the same as Australia.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Tipperary, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families here are almost exclusively couples, with those raising children making up 74.4% and those without children accounting for 23.1%. This explains why one-parent families are far below the national figure of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tipperary, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Tipperary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70259/tipperary/topic/family-households