1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bonang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bonang
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become the norm in Bonang, where just 1.8 people live in the typical home. This is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5 people. Many residents here live alone or in small groups, reflecting a trend toward smaller living arrangements compared to the rest of the country.
1.8
—
- 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 Bonang — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About a third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 42.9%, contributing to the area having some of the lowest occupancy rates among similar places.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bonang, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. More than half of all families here are couples without children.
21.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bonang, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Bonang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20277/bonang/topic/family-households