2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barnawartha · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Barnawartha
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in the number of people living alone has changed the face of Barnawartha since 2011. The area now sees more people sharing homes, with the typical household size growing from 2.1 to 2.5 people over the last decade.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Barnawartha — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, a trend that has fallen 13 points since 2011.
22.0% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barnawartha, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.8%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up just 7.6% of the total.
7.6% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barnawartha, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221003/barnawartha/topic/family-households