2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barwite · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barwite
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and fewer people living alone define daily life in Barwite. Most homes are occupied by couples, with 63.6% of families including children. This creates a community where single-person living is far less common than in the rest of the country.
2.6
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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 Barwite — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Barwite holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 19.6%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barwite, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 63.6% having children and 35.9% without. One-parent families make up only 1.3% of the total, a figure far below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
1.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barwite, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Barwite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20160/barwite/topic/family-households