2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bambra · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes and living arrangements in Bambra have remained steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of couples, with over half of all families including children. Typical homes here have 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bambra — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 20.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 51.2% of all homes.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.9% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Bambra, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.8% of the total, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 51.1% having children and 47.8% without.
7.8% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Bambra splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bambra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20127/bambra/topic/family-households