2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brightwaters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brightwaters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Brightwaters compared to the state or national figures. This creates a community where most homes are shared, with the typical household containing 2.4 people. Almost half of all families here are couples with children.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Brightwaters — lower than 57% of areas.
| Brightwaters | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2264, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people share a home in 44.9% of households, while only 21.4% of residents live alone. This share of single-person homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
21.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brightwaters, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families in the area, while couples without children account for 36.7%. One-parent families represent 13.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.3% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brightwaters, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Brightwaters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10567/brightwaters/topic/family-households