3.2 ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beveridge · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Beveridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average homes are a defining feature of Beveridge, which has some of the highest numbers of people per household in the region. The typical home now holds 3.2 people, a significant increase from the 2.2 people per home recorded in 2011.
3.2
▲ +45.5%
- 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 Beveridge — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, household sizes are well above the state and national figures of 2.5. This shift is reflected in the number of people living alone, which has plunged from 32.3% in 2011 to just 10.5% in 2021.
10.5% ▼ -67.6%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beveridge splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.9% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beveridge, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215013/beveridge/topic/family-households