2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beechworth · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Beechworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of the families in Beechworth are couples with children, making them the most common household type. However, the area also has a high number of people living alone, which means homes here are slightly smaller than the state and national usual.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Beechworth — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people live alone in Beechworth, a figure that is well above the Victorian and national figures. This helps explain why the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national usual of 2.5.
29.2% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beechworth, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.1% of families, while couples without children account for 38.0%. One-parent families make up 12.3%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beechworth, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Beechworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031068/beechworth/topic/family-households