Tamworth · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Tamworth

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than 32% of people live alone in Tamworth, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This higher rate of single-person households means the typical home in Tamworth holds fewer people than those in most other parts of the country.

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📍 Tamworth, Urban Centre

Where Tamworth sits — Average household size

2.3 —
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 3 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 18 areas
  • 1.8: 37 areas
  • 1.9: 87 areas
  • 2.0: 173 areas
  • 2.1: 203 areas
  • 2.2: 204 areas
  • 2.3: 216 areas
  • 2.4: 164 areas
  • 2.5: 136 areas
  • 2.6: 109 areas
  • 2.7: 94 areas
  • 2.8: 81 areas
  • 2.9: 65 areas
  • 3.0: 52 areas
  • 3.1: 36 areas
  • 3.2: 16 areas
  • 3.3: 18 areas
  • 3.4: 9 areas
  • 3.5: 11 areas
  • 3.6: 5 areas
  • 3.7: 7 areas
  • 3.8: 5 areas
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  • 4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.1: 2 areas
  • 4.2: 6 areas
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  • 4.5: 5 areas
  • 4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.7: 3 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
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  • 5.0: 3 areas
  • 5.1: 0 areas
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  • 5.4: 1 area
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  • 5.9: 1 area
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  • 6.1: 2 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tamworth — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tamworth2.3
2340, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by the fact that a high 32.3% of residents live alone, and another 33.5% live as a two-person household.

Household size

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Tamworth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 47.6% and couples without children at 28.2%.

Family composition

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In Tamworth, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (23%).

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/ucl/UCL112018/tamworth/topic/family-households