2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tucabia · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tucabia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Tucabia (L) than they were in 2011. This small area now has a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is lower than most similar places. It is also a location where one-parent families are much more common than across the rest of the country.
2.2
▼ -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 Tucabia — lower than 64% of areas.
| Tucabia | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2462, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than the national figure, with 45.9% of households containing just two people. While 28.8% of residents live alone—a figure well above the New South Wales average—this has fallen since 2011.
28.8% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tucabia, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.0% of the total, which is well above the state and national figures. This represents a decline from 2011, though these families remain much more common here than in most other areas.
20.0% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tucabia splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Tucabia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122139/tucabia/topic/family-households