2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bonnie Doon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bonnie Doon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Bonnie Doon, where 28.3% of people live alone. This trend contributes to a local household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the typical figure for Victoria and Australia.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Bonnie Doon — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 45% of homes are occupied by two people, while those living alone are a little more common here than in the rest of the state. This mix explains why homes in the area are smaller than most, with only 4% containing five or more people.
28.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bonnie Doon, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, while 41.8% are couples with children. One-parent families make up only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
7.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bonnie Doon, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Bonnie Doon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20283/bonnie-doon/topic/family-households