2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buxton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas makes Buxton a place of smaller households. While many homes house couples, there is a notable number of people living on their own, with nearly 29% of households consisting of just one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Buxton — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This lower density is reflected in the fact that 28.8% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average.
28.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.5% of families, while 44.1% are couples without children. Only 8% are one-parent families, which is well below the levels seen across Victoria and Australia.
8.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Buxton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/family-households