Bright · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bright

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 47.5% of families in Bright, making them the most common family type here. The area has a smaller typical household size than the national figure, with a high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Bright, Suburb / Locality

Where Bright sits — Average household size

2.2 → 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 Bright — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bright2.2
3741, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why the typical home in Bright holds only 2.2 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.9% ▼ -4.4%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.3%
  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 30.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bright, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children are the most common, accounting for 47.5% of households. One-parent families make up 10.6%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

10.6% ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 11.9%
  • 2021: 10.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bright, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20336/bright/topic/family-households