2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barjarg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barjarg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small family groups make up the core of daily life in Barjarg, where nearly half of all households consist of couples without children. This quiet residential pattern is reflected in the typical home size, which mirrors both state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Barjarg — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Barjarg holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Around 22.6% of people live alone, a rate that is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.6% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barjarg, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are dominated by couples, with 48.7% being couples without children and 43.5% being couples with children. Only 7.0% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
7.0% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barjarg, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (44%) and One-parent families (7%).
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 Barjarg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20140/barjarg/topic/family-households