2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Byawatha · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Byawatha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Byawatha compared to the rest of the country. This rural area is mostly made up of family homes, with a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
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 Byawatha — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.1% of households are single person homes, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 41% of households containing two people and 24.6% containing three.
13.1% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Byawatha, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 47.8%, while one-parent families account for 13.4%. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Byawatha, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Byawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20434/byawatha/topic/family-households