2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buffalo River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buffalo River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Buffalo River than in most similar areas. The typical household is small, and a huge 50.9% of homes are occupied by just two people.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Buffalo River — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are a little smaller than the state and national figure, with 2.3 people per home. About a quarter of residents live alone, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
25.0% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buffalo River, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 46% having no children and 50.9% having children. One-parent families make up only 4.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
4.9% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Buffalo River splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20376/buffalo-river/topic/family-households