3.1 —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Berwick - South West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Berwick - South West than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Berwick - South West — higher than 91% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 26.3% of homes house four people, while only 12.4% of residents live alone—a figure far below the Victorian average.
3.1 —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.4% —
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Berwick - South West splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 22%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 73.3%. One-parent families account for 11.6% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.6% —
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Berwick - South West, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Berwick - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212021554/berwick-south-west/topic/family-households