2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba South · State Electorate
Family & Households in Toowoomba South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 51.2% of families in Toowoomba South, forming the largest household group in the area. While many families live here, there has been a sharp rise in people living alone and single-parent families over the last decade. This has shifted the typical home to be smaller than it was in 2011.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 South — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toowoomba South | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 30.6% of people in Toowoomba South now live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and a 13 point increase since 2011. This trend has pushed the typical home size down to 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas.
30.6% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toowoomba South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen by 8.2 points since 2011. Other families include couples without children, who account for 29.0% of the mix.
18.3% ▲ +81.1%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba South, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Toowoomba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30087/toowoomba-south/topic/family-households