2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick - Coburg · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Brunswick - Coburg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people in Brunswick - Coburg live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a household landscape where smaller living arrangements are common. The area is shaped by a high proportion of single-person homes and couples without children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Brunswick - Coburg — lower than 86% of areas.
| Brunswick - Coburg | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which now make up 32% of the area.
32.0% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brunswick - Coburg splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families, while those without children account for 32.9%. One-parent families represent 11.1% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure.
11.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick - Coburg, 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Brunswick - Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20601/brunswick-coburg/topic/family-households