2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barfold · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barfold
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is the most striking feature of Barfold's domestic life. This is a far lower figure than the national average, contributing to a community where almost every home is headed by a couple.
2.5
—
- 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 Barfold — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Barfold typically hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. About 22.6% of people live alone, a rate that is a little below the Australian average.
22.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barfold, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 5 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families here, while those without children account for 38.9%. The complete absence of one-parent families is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barfold, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.
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 Barfold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20137/barfold/topic/family-households