2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beaufort
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Beaufort consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas. While couples with children are the most common family type, there is a notable presence of single-person homes and one-parent families.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Beaufort — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 36.1% of households, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the typical home in Beaufort holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
36.1% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beaufort splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.9%, though one-parent families are a little more common here than in the rest of Australia at 15.8%.
15.8% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20181/beaufort/topic/family-households