2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
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How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Bet Bet are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is mostly made up of small homes, with the typical household containing just 2.3 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bet Bet — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
A high 34.8% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.3 people, slightly lower than the Victorian average of 2.5.
2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
34.8% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Bet Bet splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.3% of families, while 28.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Bet Bet, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bet Bet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20226/bet-bet/topic/family-households