2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tahmoor · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tahmoor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single-parent families shape the daily life of Tahmoor. The area sees more people sharing a home than in most similar places, with 2.7 people living in the typical dwelling. This shift toward larger households is reflected in the growing number of families with children.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tahmoor — higher than 76% of areas.
| Tahmoor | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2573, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.1% of people live alone, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home in Tahmoor is larger than usual, with 30.8% of households containing two people and 16.9% containing four.
23.1% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tahmoor, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.8% of the community, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 8.1 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 57.1%.
20.8% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tahmoor, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Tahmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114032/tahmoor/topic/family-households