2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tocumwal · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tocumwal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Tocumwal, where nearly a third of residents live alone. This trend is reflected in a low number of people per home, a figure that has stayed steady at 2.1 since 2011.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Tocumwal — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tocumwal | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2714, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.2% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the Australian average.
32.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tocumwal, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 47.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tocumwal, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115139/tocumwal/topic/family-households