2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baw Baw · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Baw Baw
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Baw Baw (NSW) than in most similar areas, contributing to a higher-than-average number of residents per home. This trend helps define the local living patterns, where over half of all families consist of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 Baw Baw — higher than 76% of areas.
| Baw Baw | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Baw Baw are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.8% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.8% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Baw Baw, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 52.3%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.9% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Baw Baw, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Baw Baw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10234/baw-baw/topic/family-households