2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buckland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent families live in Buckland than in most other areas, at just 3.9%. This small community is largely made up of family homes, with a low number of people living by themselves compared to the state and national figures.
2.6
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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 Buckland — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Buckland house two people, while only 19.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. With fewer single-person households, the typical home holds 2.6 people.
19.3% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buckland, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 60.2%. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare in the area, at 3.9%, which is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buckland, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20368/buckland/topic/family-households