2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brewster · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brewster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures have shifted in Brewster, where one-parent families now make up a much larger share of the community than in other similar areas. Half of all families here are couples with children, making it a key feature of the local landscape.
2.6
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- 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 Brewster — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brewster holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Household size
View on map →Brewster splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 5 people (29%), with 2 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. The rest of the families are mostly couples, with 50% having children and 34.2% without.
21.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brewster, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Brewster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20329/brewster/topic/family-households