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.
Brighton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Brighton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Brighton than in most other areas. This is a place where couples with children make up 60.6% of all families, while a growing number of people are choosing to live on their own.
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 Brighton — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.9% of people in Brighton live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian figure.
27.9% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.0% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures. Most families here are couples, with 60.6% having children and another 28.6% without.
10.0% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brighton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
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/sa2/208011169/brighton/topic/family-households