2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Bairnsdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in East Bairnsdale than in the rest of the state, with 28% of families falling into this group. This high rate of single-parent homes, combined with a large number of people living alone, makes the area's household makeup quite different from the national norm.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 East Bairnsdale — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with only 2.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. About 31.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.9% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Bairnsdale, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28% of the total, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Most other families are couples, with 40.1% having children and 30.6% without.
28.0% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Bairnsdale, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (28%).
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 East Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20827/east-bairnsdale/topic/family-households