3.0 ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buln Buln · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Buln Buln
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a standout feature of Buln Buln (L) compared to most similar areas. The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is more than the state and national figures of 2.5. This shift towards larger living groups is reflected in the high proportion of families with children.
3.0
▲ +30.4%
- 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 Buln Buln — higher than 87% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6% and among the lowest for similar areas. This trend has strengthened since 2011, when a quarter of households were single-person.
12.2% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buln Buln, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.1% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
7.4% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buln Buln, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; 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 Buln Buln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222011/buln-buln/topic/family-households