2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bourke - Brewarrina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bourke - Brewarrina
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Bourke - Brewarrina live by themselves, making this a place where solo living is far more common than in the rest of the country. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there is a strong presence of single-parent families across the region.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Bourke - Brewarrina — lower than 64% of areas.
| Bourke - Brewarrina | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2840, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This high number of single-person homes means that 33.3% of all households here are for one person.
33.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bourke - Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 23.8% of families in the area, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children make up 48.6% of family homes.
23.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bourke - Brewarrina, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (25%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Bourke - Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011092/bourke-brewarrina/topic/family-households