2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brewarrina · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brewarrina
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Brewarrina than in most other areas. This creates a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Brewarrina — lower than 71% of areas.
| Brewarrina | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2839, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high number of single-person homes means the usual household is smaller than in most other areas.
39.3% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brewarrina, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 37.2% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this family type at this level.
37.2% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (37%), with Couples without children at 22%.
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10560/brewarrina/topic/family-households