Bago · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bago

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher share of one-parent families live in Bago than across the state, with 27.8% of families fitting this description. This gap helps explain why homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.4 people living in the typical household.

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📍 Bago, Suburb / Locality

Where Bago sits — Average household size

3.4
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bago — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bago3.4
2446, NSW 2.6
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.4 people per home, Bago has some of the highest household occupancy at this level. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.

Household size

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In Bago, the largest group is 3 people at 45%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 6 or more (27%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 27.8% of the total, which is far above the 14% seen in New South Wales and Australia. Other family types include couples with children (41.7%) and couples without children (27.8%).

27.8%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.1%
  • 2021: 27.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bago, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (29%).

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 Bago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10138/bago/topic/family-households