Bennison · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bennison

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households than most similar areas define Bennison, where the typical home holds 2.6 people. This small community is split evenly between couples with and without children, and notably lacks any one-parent families.

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📍 Bennison, Suburb / Locality

Where Bennison sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Bennison — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bennison2.6
3960, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.6 people per home, households here are larger than in most similar areas, though this is about the same as the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Bennison, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 4 people is next at 38%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family types are split exactly, with 48.3% of families being couples with children and 48.3% being couples without. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bennison splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Bennison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20213/bennison/topic/family-households