2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barongarook West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barongarook West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families in Barongarook West, the most common household type in the area. This high proportion of families with kids contributes to larger home sizes, with the typical household containing 2.9 people.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Barongarook West — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.5% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barongarook West, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are predominantly couples, with 60.1% having children and 26.9% without. One-parent families make up 8.8% of the total, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
8.8% ▲ +109.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barongarook West, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20150/barongarook-west/topic/family-households