2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Briagolong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Briagolong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Briagolong have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong presence of couples and children. Most of the community lives in small households, though a higher-than-average number of people here live alone.
2.4
▼ -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 Briagolong — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Briagolong holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 41.8%, while 26.8% of people live alone, a rate higher than in most similar areas.
26.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Briagolong, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.4%. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.3% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Briagolong, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Briagolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20330/briagolong/topic/family-households