2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buninyong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buninyong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Buninyong, where 60.9% of families consist of couples with children. This creates a community feel centered on family life, with fewer people living alone compared to the state and national figures.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Buninyong — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 21.9% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
21.9% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buninyong, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.9%, while one-parent families account for 10.0%. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buninyong, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Buninyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20409/buninyong/topic/family-households