2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broken Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broken Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Broken Head than in most similar areas, with 26.5% of households consisting of a single person. The area maintains a balanced mix of home types, with the typical household size of 2.5 people sitting right on the national figure.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Broken Head — higher than 50% of areas.
| Broken Head | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2481, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 26.5% of all households. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 33.1%, while 19.1% of households contain three people.
26.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broken Head, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.0%. One-parent families represent 14.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure.
14.5% ▲ +155.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broken Head, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Broken Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10588/broken-head/topic/family-households