1.8 ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tottenham · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tottenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Tottenham are occupied by people living alone, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. This has led to a significant shift in the local housing landscape, with the typical number of people per home dropping sharply since 2011.
1.8
▼ -40.0%
- 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 Tottenham — lower than 99% of areas.
| Tottenham | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2873, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 1.8 people, a figure well below the national average of 2.5. This is driven by a surge in single-person households, which rose 39 points since 2011 to reach 48.3%.
48.3% ▲ +447.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tottenham, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, while 42.4% are couples with children. Only 9.7% of families are one-parent homes, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
9.7% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tottenham, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122137/tottenham/topic/family-households