2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toowoomba · Urban Area
Family & Households in Toowoomba
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Toowoomba than a decade ago, with that figure rising by 5.9 percentage points since 2011. The area now sees about 27.8% of households consist of just one person. Despite this shift, the typical home still houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Toowoomba — higher than 71% of areas.
| Toowoomba | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are more common here than in the rest of the state, making up 27.8% of all households. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 35.5%, while the usual household size of 2.5 people has edged down slightly since 2011.
27.8% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toowoomba, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54.1%, followed by couples without children at 28.8%. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is a little above the national average.
16.0% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toowoomba, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3016/toowoomba/topic/family-households