2.8 ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bagdad · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bagdad
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in household size has transformed Bagdad since 2011, with the typical home now holding 2.8 people. This shift is driven by a significant drop in people living alone and a growing number of larger family units.
2.8
▲ +33.3%
- 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 Bagdad — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Far fewer people live alone here than in most areas, at just 16.4%. This is a steep decline from 33.1% in 2011 and is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.4% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bagdad, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 20.4% of families, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen by 8.8 points since 2011, while couples with children make up the largest group at 59.4%.
20.4% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bagdad, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Bagdad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621001/bagdad/topic/family-households