2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bamawm Extension · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bamawm Extension
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few people live alone in Bamawm Extension, with only 15.7% of households being single-person homes. This is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%, making it a place where most residents live with others. Families and multi-person households dominate the local landscape.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Bamawm Extension — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that 42.7% of homes contain two people, while only 15.7% are occupied by a single person.
15.7% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bamawm Extension, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.1% of families in the area. One-parent families account for just 7.2%, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
7.2% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bamawm Extension, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Bamawm Extension [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20126/bamawm-extension/topic/family-households