2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Burwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of households in Burwood consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person homes compared to most other regions. Most households here are small, with a typical size of 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Burwood — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of people in Burwood live alone, a rate well above both the Victorian and national figures. While two-person homes are the most common at 31%, the typical household size has edged down slightly since 2011.
29.6% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while 15.3% are one-parent families. This proportion of single-parent homes is a little above the state and national figures and has risen since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burwood, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031165/burwood/topic/family-households