2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tintenbar · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tintenbar
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in people living alone has transformed the domestic makeup of Tintenbar since 2011. The area is now dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Tintenbar — higher than 86% of areas.
| Tintenbar | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is now rare here, with only 13.7% of households consisting of one person, a figure far below the Australian average. This shift helps explain why the typical home size has edged up to 2.9 people, much higher than most similar areas.
13.7% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tintenbar, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.6% of local families. One-parent families have become much less common, falling to 9.1% since 2011, which is well below the New South Wales average.
9.1% ▼ -70.1%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tintenbar, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Tintenbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121109/tintenbar/topic/family-households