2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bookaar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bookaar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer one-parent families live in Bookaar compared to the rest of the state. This is a family-focused area where two-thirds of households consist of couples with children, contributing to larger-than-usual home sizes.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Bookaar — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Bookaar hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Around 24.1% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the national average of 25.6%.
24.1% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bookaar splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.2% of families here. Only 6.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.8% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bookaar, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/family-households