2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buffalo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buffalo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Buffalo are couples with children. This creates a domestic landscape where family life is central, though the area sees fewer people living alone than the national figure. It is a stable residential environment with household patterns that closely mirror the broader state and national averages.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Buffalo — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Buffalo holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. While two-person households are most common at 43.8%, those living alone make up 21.9%, a figure well below the national average.
21.9% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buffalo, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.6% of families, while those without children account for 32.9%. One-parent families represent 12.1% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
12.1% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buffalo, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Buffalo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20375/buffalo/topic/family-households