3.3 ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Batesford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Batesford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Batesford, where 3.3 people typically share a home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, creating a community where few people live alone and family life is the dominant experience.
3.3
▲ +22.2%
- 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 Batesford — higher than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 8.7%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This drop since 2011 helps explain why the typical home is now larger, with 3.3 people per household.
8.7% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Batesford, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.5% of the local families. One-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the country, accounting for only 4.3% of the total.
4.3% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Batesford, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Batesford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221004/batesford/topic/family-households