2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Breakwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Breakwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people in Breakwater live on their own, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households. While many homes are small, there is also a significant proportion of one-parent families.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Breakwater — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Breakwater holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that 38.4% of households are just one person, far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
38.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Breakwater splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.7% of the total, which is among the highest at this level and far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 40.9%.
25.7% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Breakwater, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Breakwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20326/breakwater/topic/family-households