2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benloch · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Benloch
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Benloch than in the typical Victorian or Australian home. This small community is dominated by family groups, with 67.9% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
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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 Benloch — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes have two people (37.8%), and the typical home size of 2.6 people is about the same as the national figure. Only 22.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
22.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Benloch, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.9%. Only 9.4% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Benloch, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Benloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20212/benloch/topic/family-households