2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
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.
A slight increase in the number of people per home has occurred since 2011 in Brighton. The area is now home to a high number of single-person households, with 30.3% of homes consisting of just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 71% of areas.
| Brighton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5048, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Brighton typically hold 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas. This is consistent with the high proportion of people living alone, though this figure has fallen slightly from 32.5% in 2011.
30.3% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (54.4%) or without (33.3%). One-parent families make up 11.3% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.3% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brighton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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/sa2/403011056/brighton/topic/family-households