2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bears Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bears Lagoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single parents live in Bears Lagoon, where 22.5% of families are led by one parent. This is well above the same figure for Victoria and Australia. Most homes here are family-based, with a typical household size of 2.5 people.
2.5
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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 Bears Lagoon — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.5 people per home, the typical household size in Bears Lagoon is about the same as the state and national figures.
Household size
View on map →In Bears Lagoon, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.5% of the total, a figure well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. Other family types include couples with children at 60% and couples without children at 30%.
22.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bears Lagoon, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Bears Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20179/bears-lagoon/topic/family-households