3.5 ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toomelah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Toomelah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive gap exists between Toomelah and the rest of the country, where one-parent families make up 67.2% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also marked by larger homes, with an average of 3.5 people per dwelling.
3.5
▲ +84.2%
- 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 Toomelah — higher than 92% of areas.
| Toomelah | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2409, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Toomelah are much larger than usual, with 3.5 people per home compared to 2.5 nationally. This figure has risen sharply since 2011, though about 28.6% of residents still live alone.
28.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toomelah, the largest group is 1 person at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 2 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here, making up 67.2% of all families, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has jumped 50 points since 2011.
67.2% ▲ +282.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Toomelah, One-parent families is the majority at 65%; Couples with 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 Toomelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122136/toomelah/topic/family-households