2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buchan South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buchan South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of households in Buchan South, accounting for 51.9% of families. This sparsely populated area has a small typical household size and a very low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
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- 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 South — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. About 21.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buchan South, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 3.7% of the total, which is far below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 51.9% raising children and 44.4% without.
3.7% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buchan South, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and Other families (6%).
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20367/buchan-south/topic/family-households