2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benalla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Benalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Benalla than in most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, leaving the town with smaller-than-average households. About 36% of residents now live by themselves, which is far above the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Benalla — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Benalla holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages. This is partly because 36% of households are single people, a figure that has risen since 2011.
36.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the state and national figures. Other family types include couples with children at 41.5% and couples without children at 39.7%.
17.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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/sa2/204021063/benalla/topic/family-households