2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beaufort · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Beaufort
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Beaufort are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a notably high number of people living alone, which contributes to the typical home having only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Beaufort — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average. This helps explain why the typical home in Beaufort has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
31.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.2% of families, while those without children account for 37.6%. One-parent families represent 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201031014/beaufort/topic/family-households