2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bennelong · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Bennelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.2% of families in Bennelong, making it a strong hub for family life. The area sees far fewer one-parent families than most other parts of Australia. This preference for larger family units is reflected in the typical home, which usually houses more people than the national average.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bennelong — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bennelong | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically house 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 31.8% of households have two people and 17.2% have four. Only 23.9% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
23.9% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bennelong, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011 and is much lower than what is seen in most similar areas.
10.3% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bennelong, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Bennelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED103/bennelong/topic/family-households