2.8 —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentleigh East - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bentleigh East - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical home in Bentleigh East - North, which is much higher than most similar areas. This neighborhood is dominated by family households, with far fewer people living alone compared to the Victorian and national averages.
2.8
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- 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 East - North — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.8, a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.6%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
19.6% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bentleigh East - North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (25%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
12.7% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentleigh East - North, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next 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 Bentleigh East - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021426/bentleigh-east-north/topic/family-households