2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tomerong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tomerong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Tomerong than in most other similar areas, making it a place where fewer residents live alone. Only 17.6% of households are single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This trend toward larger households has grown since 2011.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Tomerong — higher than 71% of areas.
| Tomerong | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Tomerong holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a shift from 2011, and it is reflected in the low 17.6% of people living alone.
17.6% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tomerong, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 55.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.9% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tomerong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Tomerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122134/tomerong/topic/family-households