2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benalla · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Benalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Benalla than in 2011, which has helped push the typical home size down. Roughly 33% of households now consist of a single person, making this a common living arrangement for the area.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Benalla — lower than 86% of areas.
| Benalla | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Benalla are smaller than in most similar areas, with 2.2 people per home. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, and the number of people living alone has risen to 33.1%.
33.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Benalla, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than in most other areas.
15.2% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21010/benalla/topic/family-households