2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Bendigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in North Bendigo live alone, which is a far higher proportion than across the rest of the country. This contributes to a smaller typical household size here compared to the state and national figures.
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 North Bendigo — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because so many people live alone, there are typically 2.2 people per home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
36.1% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Bendigo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the total, which is among the highest proportions for areas like this and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 48%.
23.5% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Bendigo, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 North Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21963/north-bendigo/topic/family-households