Bective · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bective

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few people live alone in Bective, where 13.3% of households are single-person homes. This figure is far below the national average of 25.6%. Most residents here live in family-based households, with the typical home housing about 2.4 people.

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📍 Bective, Suburb / Locality

Where Bective sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Bective — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bective2.4
2340, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person households are the most common at 44%. The number of people living alone is far below both the state and national figures, sitting at just 13.3%.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.3%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bective, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.7%. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

11.3%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 11.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bective, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).

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 Bective [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10245/bective/topic/family-households