2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boneo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boneo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.2% of families in Boneo, making it a strong hub for family life. The area has a low number of people living alone and few single-parent homes compared to the rest of the state. This creates a community landscape dominated by larger family units.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Boneo — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Boneo typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 19.8% of households are people living alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages.
19.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boneo, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 8.2% of the local total, which is well below the state and national figures. Most families here are couples, with 62.2% raising children and another 28.8% without children.
8.2% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boneo, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Boneo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20280/boneo/topic/family-households