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.
East Bendigo - Kennington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in East Bendigo - Kennington
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of residents live alone in East Bendigo - Kennington compared to most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the local housing, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
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 East Bendigo - Kennington — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 34.2% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 36% of households containing two people and 34.2% containing only one.
34.2% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Bendigo - Kennington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, while 33% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
15.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Bendigo - Kennington, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 East Bendigo - Kennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011020/east-bendigo-kennington/topic/family-households