2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broughton Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broughton Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few changes have occurred in the family landscape of Broughton Vale since 2011, but it remains a place where very few people live alone. The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
▲ +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 Broughton Vale — higher than 57% of areas.
| Broughton Vale | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2535, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.1% of people live alone in Broughton Vale, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people, making up 54.5% of all households.
12.1% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broughton Vale, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here. The rate of one-parent families is just 7.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.9% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broughton Vale, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10603/broughton-vale/topic/family-households