2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broken Hill · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Broken Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 37% of people in Broken Hill live alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means homes here are generally smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Broken Hill — lower than 86% of areas.
| Broken Hill | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Broken Hill holds just 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This trend has barely changed since 2011, though the proportion of people living alone rose to 37.1%.
37.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broken Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This represents a rise of 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
23.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11250/broken-hill/topic/family-households