2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tamworth · State Electorate
Family & Households in Tamworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Tamworth are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While family sizes are typical for the region, there has been a noticeable rise in people living alone. This shift has seen the number of single-person homes grow since 2011.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Tamworth — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tamworth | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people in Tamworth live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and has risen since 2011. Consequently, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is lower than most other areas.
28.5% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tamworth, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has grown by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
17.4% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tamworth, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10081/tamworth/topic/family-households