2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bonshaw · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bonshaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Bonshaw than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per home. This is a family-focused community where only 17.5% of households consist of a person living alone.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Bonshaw — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bonshaw are larger than the national figure, with 32.9% of households containing two people and 21% holding three. This helps explain why the share of people living alone is well below the Victorian average.
17.5% ▲ +63.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bonshaw, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
20.9% ▲ +581.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bonshaw, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Bonshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20284/bonshaw/topic/family-households