2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bentley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bentley than in most similar areas. This community is shaped by a high number of family groups, with the typical home housing 2.6 people.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 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 Bentley — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bentley | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.5% of residents live by themselves, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (44.7%), making the typical household size about the same as the New South Wales average.
16.5% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bentley, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, which is much more common than one-parent families. At 10.8%, the share of single-parent homes is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.8% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentley, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10298/bentley/topic/family-households