2.2 ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birchip · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Birchip
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge rise in people living alone has reshaped Birchip (L) since 2011. While over half of families still include children, the typical home now houses fewer people than those in most other areas. This shift is most visible in the 37.6% of households that consist of just one person.
2.2
▼ -38.9%
- 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 Birchip — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has dropped from 3.6 in 2011 to 2.2, which is a little below the national figure. This is driven by a sharp increase in people living alone, who now make up 37.6% of households—far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
37.6% ▲ +362.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Birchip splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 53.2%, followed by couples without children at 32.3%. One-parent families account for 12.4% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average but has risen by 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +191.7%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birchip, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221005/birchip/topic/family-households