2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broughton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Broughton, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, creating a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
—
- 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 Broughton — higher than 76% of areas.
| Broughton | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2535, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 8.8%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (52.9%) or four people (20.6%).
8.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broughton, 2 people is the majority at 64%; 4 people is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 43.6%. One-parent families account for 9.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broughton, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10602/broughton/topic/family-households