2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bengworden · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bengworden compared to the state and national figures. This rural area is mostly made up of larger households, with 2.6 people living in the typical home.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bengworden — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Only 13.3% of residents live alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Nearly half of all homes are shared by two people, while 23.3% house four people.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Bengworden, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.0% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Bengworden, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bengworden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20210/bengworden/topic/family-households