2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bass · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bass
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Bass revolves around small households, with two-person homes being the most common arrangement. Most residents live in family settings, though about a quarter of the community lives alone.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Bass — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 44.5% of households. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figure for Victoria and Australia.
25.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bass, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 33.4% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, a figure higher than most similar areas.
13.7% ▲ +76.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bass, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Bass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20164/bass/topic/family-households