2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tharwa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tharwa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Tharwa are couples with children, making this a primary family hub. It is a place where homes tend to be larger than usual, with a typical household holding 2.8 people.
2.8
→ 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 Tharwa — higher than 76% of areas.
| Tharwa | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are a little larger than the ACT and national figure of 2.5 people. Interestingly, this sits alongside a high number of people living alone, who make up 32.3% of households—well above the national figure of 25.6%.
32.3% ▲ +74.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tharwa splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (29%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.2% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples without children at 36.4% and other family structures at 4.5%.
18.2% ▲ +69.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tharwa, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Tharwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80123/tharwa/topic/family-households