2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bentleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Similar household sizes to the state and nation define Bentleigh, where 2.6 people live in the typical home. Most residents live in family units, with nearly 65% of households being couples with children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Bentleigh — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 31.6%, while 23.9% of people live alone. This share of single-person homes is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bentleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 64.7%. One-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
11.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/family-households