2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broome · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Broome
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more households in Broome are larger than those in most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.7 people, reflecting a community where few residents live alone compared to other regions. This trend is highlighted by a high number of families with children and a significant proportion of single-parent homes.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Broome — higher than 86% of areas.
| Broome | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.3% of residents live alone, which is much lower than in most areas. While the number of single-person homes rose slightly since 2011, the typical household remains larger than the national figure of 2.5 people.
24.3% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average. This is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen since 2011.
19.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broome, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/family-households