2.6 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tolga - West · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tolga - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Tolga - West (L) than they did a decade ago, reflecting a shift toward larger households. The area now sees a typical home holding 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This change is driven by a sharp drop in the number of single-person households since 2011.
2.6
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Tolga - West — higher than 71% of areas.
| Tolga - West | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4882, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes house two people, while only 14.7% are occupied by one person. This proportion of single-person homes is far below the national figure of 25.6% and has fallen significantly since 2011.
14.7% ▼ -62.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tolga - West, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (15%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families here, while one-parent families account for just 7.3%. This share of single-parent homes is among the lowest for similar areas and sits well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
7.3% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tolga - West, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Tolga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321105/tolga-west/topic/family-households