1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toora · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Toora
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Toora are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and a high number of people living alone, which has increased significantly over the last decade.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Toora — lower than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 44.2% of people living alone, the number of residents per home is just 1.9. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 and is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
44.2% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Toora, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.7% of the total, a figure that is far above the Victorian average and has risen by nearly 10 points since 2011.
23.7% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Toora splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (35%), with One-parent families at 24%.
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 Toora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222093/toora/topic/family-households