2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Breelong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Breelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Breelong compared to most similar areas, making it a place where households are more likely to be shared. With a typical household size of 2.7 people, the area is slightly larger than the national figure.
2.7
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Breelong — higher than 71% of areas.
| Breelong | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2827, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 10% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 40% of all households.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Breelong, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 5 people (22%) and 1 person (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 4.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
4.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Breelong, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Breelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10557/breelong/topic/family-households