2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barkly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barkly
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between Barkly and the rest of the country, with 57.1% of homes being occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Small households dominate the area, meaning the typical home is much smaller than those in most other places.
2.0
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- 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 Barkly — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Victorian average of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 57.1% of residents live alone, one of the highest rates for areas of this size.
57.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barkly, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in Barkly, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children (52.9%) or couples without children (35.3%).
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barkly, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20142/barkly/topic/family-households