2.2 ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bright · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bright
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Bright than in most similar areas, with a typical household size of just 2.2 people. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is clear as the number of people living alone has climbed to 31.2%.
2.2
▼ -21.4%
- 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 Bright — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
More people live alone here than in the typical Victorian or Australian home, a figure that has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011. Consequently, two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.9% of all households.
31.2% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bright, 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 46.0% of families, while couples without children account for 41.8%. One-parent families represent 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.2% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bright splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Bright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215015/bright/topic/family-households