2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements define Brunswick - South, where more than a third of all homes are occupied by just one person. This trend makes the area much more likely to be a hub for individuals than for large family groups. Most households are small, with the typical home housing only 2.1 people.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Brunswick - South — lower than 89% of areas.
Average household size.
People living alone make up 35.8% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
35.8% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Brunswick - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 15%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.2% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Brunswick - South splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Brunswick - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206011496/brunswick-south/topic/family-households