2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bega · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bega
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Bega than in other parts of the state. This trend contributes to smaller living arrangements, with a typical home in the area holding only 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Bega — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bega | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 32.4% of all households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
32.4% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bega splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.
21.7% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bega, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10253/bega/topic/family-households