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.
Burwood East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burwood East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Burwood East compared to the rest of Victoria and Australia. This creates a community where households are slightly larger than the national figure, with nearly 60% of families consisting of couples raising children.
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 Burwood East — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Burwood East holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 22.6% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
22.6% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burwood East, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.5%, while one-parent families account for 12.2%. This last figure is a little below both the state and national averages.
12.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burwood East, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Burwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20427/burwood-east/topic/family-households