2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brocklesby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brocklesby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Brocklesby, where a third of all homes are occupied by just one person. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the country, creating a community with a high number of single-person households and very few single-parent families.
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 Brocklesby — lower than 71% of areas.
| Brocklesby | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2642, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 33.8% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Brocklesby holds 2.3 people, a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
33.8% ▲ +92.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brocklesby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 71.9% of families having children. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 3.3% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
3.3% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brocklesby, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Brocklesby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10581/brocklesby/topic/family-households