2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly half of all families in Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores are couples with children. While the typical home size is about the same as the national figure, there is a notably high number of people living alone and single-parent families.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores — lower than 64% of areas.
| Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 35.9% of households. Around 28% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
28.0% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.3% of the local total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This represents a fall of 3 percentage points since 2011.
19.3% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011239/brunswick-heads-ocean-shores/topic/family-households