2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bacchus Marsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Bacchus Marsh than in most similar areas. This community is largely made up of families, with 58.2% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bacchus Marsh — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas, though this is slightly down from 2011. While 23.9% of residents live alone—a figure that has risen over the last decade—this remains a little below the Victorian average.
23.9% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bacchus Marsh, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.2%, followed by couples without children at 24.8%. One-parent families represent 16.0% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and down from 20.4% in 2011.
16.0% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bacchus Marsh, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212001/bacchus-marsh/topic/family-households