2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bairnsdale · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bairnsdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of Bairnsdale households consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is a key feature of the area's changing social makeup. The town now sees fewer people sharing each home than it did a decade ago.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Bairnsdale — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bairnsdale holds 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below the state and national average. This is driven by a rise in single-person households, which now make up 34.1% of the total.
34.1% ▲ +45.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bairnsdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the local total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
19.7% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bairnsdale, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213001/bairnsdale/topic/family-households