2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadmeadows
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Broadmeadows, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children and a notable number of single-parent households.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Broadmeadows — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. While 24.3% of people live alone, this is a little below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
24.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broadmeadows splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (24%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.4% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families in the area are couples with children, accounting for 61.2% of households.
21.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadmeadows, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20346/broadmeadows/topic/family-households