2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barkers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barkers Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Barkers Creek, accounting for 57.8% of families. This is a family-focused area where a typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5
→ 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 Barkers Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 41.2%. Those living alone make up 23.1% of households, which is a little below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
23.1% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barkers Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 5.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
5.3% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barkers Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Barkers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20141/barkers-creek/topic/family-households