2.1 ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Toogoolawah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Toogoolawah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Toogoolawah than in the rest of the country. This shift is reflected in smaller households, with the typical home now holding just 2.1 people. These trends have moved the area away from the state and national figures since 2011.
2.1
▼ -38.2%
- 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 Toogoolawah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Toogoolawah | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4313, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 37.6% of households consisting of one person—a figure far above the national 25.6%. This has contributed to a drop in the typical household size, which fell from 3.4 people in 2011 to 2.1 in 2021.
37.6% ▲ +86.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Toogoolawah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.7% of the local mix, which is well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.3%, while couples with children account for 36.5%.
20.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Toogoolawah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Toogoolawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315093/toogoolawah/topic/family-households