2.7 ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Truro · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Truro
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Truro, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This trend has grown since 2011, and the area now sees far fewer people living alone compared to both the state and national figures.
2.7
▲ +17.4%
- 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 Truro — higher than 76% of areas.
| Truro | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5356, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 42.2% housing two people and 20% holding three. Only 14.8% of residents live alone, a figure that has fallen 16 points since 2011 and is far below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
14.8% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Truro, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most local families are couples with children, making up 59.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.3% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Truro, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Truro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422057/truro/topic/family-households