2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beaconsfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical Beaconsfield home, reflecting a community focused on larger family units. With very few people living alone and a high proportion of parents, the area is much more family-oriented than most other parts of the state.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Beaconsfield — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 2.9 people per household. Only 17.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.6% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beaconsfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.8%. One-parent families are much less common here at 9.3%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
9.3% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beaconsfield, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20175/beaconsfield/topic/family-households