2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bacchus Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bacchus Marsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Bacchus Marsh than in most similar areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Bacchus Marsh — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of households are people living alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.2% of all households.
30.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bacchus Marsh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Over half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 51.4%.
17.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bacchus Marsh, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20095/bacchus-marsh/topic/family-households