2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barwon - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Barwon - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Barwon - West, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a region where family life is the norm and living alone is far less common than in the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 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 Barwon - West — higher than 86% of areas.
| Barwon - West | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most homes house two people (34.4%), and these larger household sizes have remained steady since 2011.
16.4% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barwon - West, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 65.4%. One-parent families are among the lowest for this area at 9.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.2% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barwon - West, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Barwon - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20301/barwon-west/topic/family-households