2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Branxholme · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Branxholme
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Branxholme, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure, reflecting a community where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just two people.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Branxholme — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 48% of homes house two people, while 22.4% of residents live alone. This last group is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.4% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Branxholme, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for 10% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +43.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Branxholme, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Branxholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20322/branxholme/topic/family-households