2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Broadwater than in most similar areas. While nearly half of families here have children, the overall household size is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
→ 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 Broadwater — lower than 76% of areas.
| Broadwater | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2472, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of residents live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home in Broadwater holds only 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broadwater splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while 15.2% are one-parent families. This last figure is a little above both the state and national averages.
15.2% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadwater, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10577/broadwater/topic/family-households