2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bunyip · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bunyip
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.3% of families in Bunyip, making it a strong hub for family life. Most homes here are larger than usual, with the typical household now holding 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Bunyip — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Bunyip has much larger households than most similar areas, with the typical home holding 2.8 people. This is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, and it has risen since 2011.
19.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bunyip, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national figure. This proportion has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, placing it much lower than most other similar areas.
9.9% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bunyip, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Bunyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215017/bunyip/topic/family-households