2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bethanga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bethanga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Bethanga than in previous years. The typical home now holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and reflects a shift toward smaller household sizes since 2011.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Bethanga — lower than 64% of areas.
| Bethanga | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 3691 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.8 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes (53.1%) house just two people. Those living alone make up 18.5% of the area, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
18.5% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bethanga, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 48.1% having children and 46.2% without. One-parent families are rare at 6.4%, which is well below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
6.4% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bethanga splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Bethanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222007/bethanga/topic/family-households