2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bega · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bega
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Bega than in most similar areas. This means there are fewer people per home than the national figure, with about 31% of households consisting of just one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bega — lower than 90% of areas.
| Bega | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bega holds 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 30.9% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and remains well above the New South Wales average.
30.9% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bega, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.5% of families, while those without children are nearly as common at 42.2%. One-parent families account for 14.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bega splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10009/bega/topic/family-households