2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buloke · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Buloke
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Buloke, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This reflects a local trend toward smaller living arrangements, with over a third of residents now living alone.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Buloke — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.6% of households, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the usual number of people per home is only 2.2, which is a little below the Victorian figure.
34.6% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Buloke splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 49.6%, while one-parent families make up 11.5%. This last group is a little below the national figure of 14.1%, though it has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buloke, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (37%) 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 Buloke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031400/buloke/topic/family-households