2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bencubbin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bencubbin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Bencubbin than in most similar areas, with 43.8% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a smaller typical household size for the town compared to the rest of the state and country.
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 Bencubbin — lower than 81% of areas.
| Bencubbin | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6477, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 44% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home in Bencubbin has only 2.1 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
43.8% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bencubbin, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the wider nation.
13.3% ▲ +204.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bencubbin, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) 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 Bencubbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50106/bencubbin/topic/family-households