2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birchip · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birchip
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Birchip than in most similar areas, with 37.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend makes the area feel smaller and quieter, as the typical home holds fewer people than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Birchip — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Birchip holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is largely because 37.8% of residents live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
37.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Birchip splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of local families, while 33.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birchip, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20244/birchip/topic/family-households