2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tooradin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tooradin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 69% of families in Tooradin are couples with children, making it a place where large households are the norm. This focus on family life is reflected in the high number of people sharing a home compared to other areas.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Tooradin — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, a figure that has edged up since 2011. This is partly because far fewer people live alone here—just 19.2% compared to the 25.6% national figure.
19.2% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tooradin, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.7% of the local mix, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has also fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tooradin, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next 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 Tooradin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215085/tooradin/topic/family-households