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.
Bendolba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bendolba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bendolba than in the rest of the country, with only 20% of households being single-person homes. This creates a local landscape where homes are more crowded than usual, with an average of 2.8 people per dwelling.
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 Bendolba — higher than 76% of areas.
| Bendolba | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2420, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Bendolba hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because only 20% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
20.0% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bendolba, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group here at 55.8%, while one-parent families account for 12.9%. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.9% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bendolba, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 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 Bendolba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10291/bendolba/topic/family-households