2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentleigh - McKinnon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bentleigh - McKinnon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 66% of families in Bentleigh - McKinnon are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. The area is characterized by stable household sizes and a higher-than-usual number of people sharing each home compared to similar areas.
2.6
→ 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 Bentleigh - McKinnon — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.6 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 24.1% of households consist of one person, this is a little below the national figure and has fallen slightly over the last decade.
24.1% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bentleigh - McKinnon, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 65.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 11.9% of the total, which is lower than most other areas and a little below the Victorian average.
11.9% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentleigh - McKinnon, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Bentleigh - McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021174/bentleigh-mckinnon/topic/family-households