2.8 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bulla · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bulla compared to the state or national figures. This is a place where homes are typically larger than most, with an average of 2.8 people per household. This trend has grown since 2011, as the area has moved away from smaller single-person dwellings towards larger family homes.
2.8
▲ +40.0%
- 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 Bulla — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bulla is larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per household. This is linked to a sharp drop in people living alone, which fell from 43.8% in 2011 to just 15.1% in 2021.
15.1% ▼ -65.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bulla, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 62% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +45.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bulla, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Bulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222010/bulla/topic/family-households