2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bena · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bena
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bena than in most other areas, with only 19.7% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area's family structure stand out compared to the rest of the country. Most residents live in two-person households, reflecting a strong presence of couples.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Bena — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bena holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Over half of all households consist of two people, while those with five or more people make up just 5.1%.
19.7% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bena, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 46.9% having children and 45.6% without. Only 7.5% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.5% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bena splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Bena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20203/bena/topic/family-households