Binginwarri · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Binginwarri

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 69% of families in Binginwarri consist of couples with children, making this the most common family type. However, the area also has a very high proportion of people living alone, which brings the typical number of people per home down to 2.3.

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📍 Binginwarri, Suburb / Locality

Where Binginwarri sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Binginwarri — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Binginwarri2.3
3966, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 43.4% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because so many live by themselves, the usual home in Binginwarri holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victoria and Australia figures of 2.5.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.4% ▲ +55.2%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.0%
  • 2016: 23.6%
  • 2021: 43.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Binginwarri, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 5 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 2.7% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 68.5% raising children and 27% without them.

2.7% ▼ -73.1%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Binginwarri, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Binginwarri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20242/binginwarri/topic/family-households