2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brookvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living is very common in Brookvale, where 32.4% of households consist of one person. This high rate of solo living means the area has a smaller typical home size than most other places. Overall, the community is a mix of couples and single residents, with a lower number of people per home than the state average.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Brookvale — lower than 76% of areas.
| Brookvale | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2100, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the state and national figures. This is partly because people living alone are much more common here than in most areas, making up 32.4% of all households.
32.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brookvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while 30.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
14.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookvale, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Brookvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10598/brookvale/topic/family-households