2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brim · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brim
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the state average defines the home lives of people in Brim. While the typical household size here matches the national figure, the area sees a significant gap in family structures compared to the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 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 Brim — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brim holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Around 23.8% of people live alone, a little below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.8% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brim, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 35.3% are couples without children.
18.8% ▲ +142.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brim, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Brim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20339/brim/topic/family-households