2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Brookton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Brookton live alone, which is well above the national figure. This is a small community where households are generally smaller than the state and national average, and most homes are occupied by couples.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Brookton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Brookton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the national average and has edged down since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36.7% of all homes.
29.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.6% of the total, which is lower than most areas, though this figure rose 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50910/brookton/topic/family-households