2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Bendigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in East Bendigo are occupied by just one person, which is among the highest rates for areas like this. This high number of single-person households means the typical home is smaller than average, holding only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Bendigo — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 39.9% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the number of people per home is 2.1, which is much lower than most other areas.
39.9% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Bendigo, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Other family types are common too, with 47% of families being couples with children.
16.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Bendigo, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20828/east-bendigo/topic/family-households