2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Torrens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Torrens compared to the state and national figures. This area is primarily made up of larger households, with two-thirds of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Torrens — higher than 71% of areas.
| Torrens | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2607, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. While 22.3% of residents live alone, this is well below the 25.7% seen across the Australian Capital Territory.
22.3% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torrens, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.4%, which is a little below the territory figure and well below the 14.1% national average.
10.4% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torrens, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80126/torrens/topic/family-households