2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tamworth · Urban Area
Family & Households in Tamworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Tamworth include children, with 50.3% of families fitting this description. This makes family life a central part of the area, although a significant number of residents live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Tamworth — lower than 57% of areas.
| Tamworth | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people in Tamworth live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that has edged up slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the state average.
30.1% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tamworth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
20.5% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tamworth, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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/sua/1032/tamworth/topic/family-households