2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buchan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone sets Buchan apart from the rest of the state. While typical Australian homes hold 2.5 people, those in Buchan are smaller with just 2.1 people per home. This trend is driven by more than a third of all households being single-person homes.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Buchan — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most common at 44.3%, contributing to a typical home size that is a little below the national average.
35.4% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buchan, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.5% of the area, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most frequent family type, accounting for 43.4% of all families.
15.5% ▲ +53.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Buchan splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/family-households