Talbingo · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Talbingo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Talbingo than in the rest of the state. This small area is defined by very small households, with the typical home containing fewer than two people. This trend has grown over the last decade as the number of single-person homes rose significantly.

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📍 Talbingo, Urban Centre

Where Talbingo sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -9.5%
  • 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 Talbingo — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Talbingo1.9
2720, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 41.9% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 2.6.

1.9 ▼ -9.5%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

41.9% ▲ +29.8%

Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 32.3%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 41.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Talbingo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures, though this is a 15 point drop since 2011.

13.6% ▼ -51.8%

Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 28.2%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Talbingo splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Talbingo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122125/talbingo/topic/family-households