Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Family & Households in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are common in Bundoora, where 60.5% of families are couples with children. This creates a residential landscape geared toward family life, though the typical number of people per home has fallen from 3.1 to 2.6 since 2011.

Open map →
📍 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -16.1%
  • 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)2.6
Greater Melbourne 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. While 23.6% of people live alone—a little below the Victorian average—this number has risen by 4 percentage points over the last decade.

2.6 ▼ -16.1%

Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.6% ▲ +20.5%

Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 21.2%
  • 2021: 23.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families in Bundoora consist of couples with children, making up 60.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is about the same as the state average but has fallen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.

13.4% ▼ -31.7%

Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 13.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21503/bundoora/topic/family-households