1.9 ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tuross Head · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tuross Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are a defining feature of Tuross Head, where the typical home holds far fewer people than in most other areas. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, with just 1.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -20.8%
- 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 Tuross Head — lower than 93% of areas.
| Tuross Head | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.6% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is so small, with over half of all households consisting of just two people.
33.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tuross Head, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, who make up 60.7% of the group. One-parent families represent only 10.3% of the total, which is much lower than in most other areas and has fallen since 2011.
10.3% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tuross Head, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with 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 Tuross Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115142/tuross-head/topic/family-households