2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barongarook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barongarook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group of families in Barongarook, accounting for 58.7% of the total. This community is shaped by larger households and a low number of people living alone compared to other areas. The typical home is slightly more crowded than the state and national figures.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Barongarook — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 19.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.4% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barongarook, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 33.7% having no children.
9.4% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barongarook, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Barongarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20149/barongarook/topic/family-households