2.4 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba North · State Electorate
Family & Households in Toowoomba North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes the daily life of Toowoomba North. While most households are small, the area has a notable mix of single-person homes and families with children. This blend creates a residential landscape that is quite different from the state average.
2.4
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Toowoomba North — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toowoomba North | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 31.1% of people living alone—a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This trend has grown by 10 points since 2011, which helps explain why the typical home now holds 2.4 people, down from 2.8 in 2011.
31.1% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toowoomba North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 17.1%. This share of single-parent homes is much higher than in most similar areas and sits well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
17.1% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba North, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Toowoomba North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30086/toowoomba-north/topic/family-households