2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bradfield · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Bradfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of daily life in Bradfield, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a strong presence of family groups. With very few people living alone, the area is shaped by multi-person homes rather than single occupants.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bradfield — higher than 79% of areas.
| Bradfield | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.1% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This low rate of single-person homes helps explain why there are 2.8 people per home, which is much higher than in most other areas.
19.1% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bradfield, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 67.8% of families. This is reflected in the low number of one-parent families, at 9.5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
9.5% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bradfield, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; 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 Bradfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED106/bradfield/topic/family-households