Bearii · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bearii

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live in each home in Bearii than in most other similar areas. This is a sparsely populated place where small households are the norm, with many residents living on their own.

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📍 Bearii, Suburb / Locality

Where Bearii sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -13.6%
  • 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 Bearii — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bearii1.9
3641, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 35.9% of people living alone, this is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Bearii has only 1.9 people, which is well below the Victorian average of 2.5.

1.9 ▼ -13.6%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.9% ▼ -2.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 36.6%
  • 2016: 44.9%
  • 2021: 35.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bearii, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples without children, making up 62.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.6%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

10.6% ▼ -34.8%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.3%
  • 2016: 8.4%
  • 2021: 10.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bearii, Couples without children is the majority at 68%; Couples with children is next at 21%.

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 Bearii [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20178/bearii/topic/family-households