2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brooklyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of residents in Brooklyn live alone, making it more likely for people to live by themselves here than in most other areas. The community is largely made up of families, with 60% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Brooklyn — lower than 57% of areas.
| Brooklyn | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2083, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brooklyn holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. About 28.2% of households are people living alone, a figure that is well above the state average.
28.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brooklyn, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common, with 60% being couples with children and 27.6% being couples without. Only 10.6% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the national and state averages.
10.6% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brooklyn, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/family-households