2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bayles · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bayles
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 3 people live in the typical home in Bayles, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas. This community is dominated by larger households, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
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 Bayles — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.5% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian and national figures of around 26%. This helps explain why home sizes are larger here, with 23% of households containing four people.
13.5% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bayles, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 63.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bayles, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Bayles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20171/bayles/topic/family-households