2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banyule · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Banyule
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Banyule than in 2011, though the area remains focused on family life. Most households are made up of couples with children, which keeps the typical home size around 2.5 people. This is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Banyule — higher than 71% of areas.
| Banyule | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About a quarter of residents live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 32.9% of all households.
25.0% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Banyule, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 61.8%. Single-parent families account for 12.2%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Banyule, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Banyule [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20660/banyule/topic/family-households