2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tullamore · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Tullamore are now occupied by people living alone, a sharp increase since 2011. This shift has made the area much more likely to have single-person households than most other similar places. As a result, the typical home in Tullamore now holds fewer people than it did a decade ago.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tullamore — lower than 64% of areas.
| Tullamore | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2874, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 49.3% of people here live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high proportion of single residents helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.2 people, a figure that is lower than most other areas.
2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
49.3% ▲ +138.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Tullamore, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 16.4% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
16.4% ▲ +73.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Tullamore, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tullamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122140/tullamore/topic/family-households