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Benalla Urban Area

Household type

In Benalla Urban Area, 15.3% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 23.4% in Hume SA4.

Benalla Urban Area's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Benalla Urban Area's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Benalla Urban Area - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Hume SA4 %Number%Hume SA4 %2016 to 2021
Couples with children65815.323.466616.624.1-8
Couples without children1,24128.829.21,09827.328.3+142
One parent families47211.09.843610.99.7+36
Other families330.80.8330.80.7-1
Group household1313.02.21062.62.5+25
Lone person1,52735.427.51,42535.526.6+102
Other not classifiable household1914.44.72095.25.3-19
Visitor only households561.32.4431.12.9+12
Total households4,309100.0100.04,020100.0100.0+288
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Benalla Urban Area in 2021 compared to Hume SA4 shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 15.3% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 11.0% were one-parent families, compared with 23.4% and 9.8% respectively for Hume SA4.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 35.4% compared to 27.5% in Hume SA4 while the proportion of couples without children was 28.8% compared to 29.2% in Hume SA4.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Benalla Urban Area increased by 289 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Benalla Urban Area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+142 households)
  • Lone person (+102 households)

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