2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bendigo · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bendigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Bendigo live alone, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a landscape of smaller households, though the area still maintains a strong presence of traditional family units.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Bendigo — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bendigo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of people here live by themselves, which is much higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
29.7% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bendigo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This is a significant part of the local mix, alongside couples with children who form 53.4% of families.
17.7% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bendigo, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20201/bendigo/topic/family-households