2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brighton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Brighton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Brighton, where 2.6 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Brighton — higher than 79% of areas.
| Brighton | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 22.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. While this has risen slightly since 2011, two-person households remain the most common at 33.6%.
22.2% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the area, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family at this level.
24.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brighton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60410/brighton/topic/family-households