2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toohey · State Electorate
Family & Households in Toohey
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Toohey are couples with children. This makes the area feel more family-focused than many others, with larger-than-usual households and a low number of people living by themselves.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Toohey — higher than 71% of areas.
| Toohey | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Toohey are often crowded, with 2.7 people per home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, while the share of people living alone has fallen to 22.6%.
22.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toohey, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and is now about the same as the national figure.
13.6% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toohey, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Toohey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30085/toohey/topic/family-households