2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bendigo · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Bendigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Bendigo live on their own, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home here holds fewer people than the national figure. Overall, the area has a mix of small households and a significant number of families with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Bendigo — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bendigo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bendigo holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. However, 29.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
29.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bendigo, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 15.7% of the total. This last group is a little more common in Bendigo than across the rest of the state and country.
15.7% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bendigo, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED203/bendigo/topic/family-households