2.2 ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Broadwater house just two people, making it a place where smaller households are the norm. This trend is driven by a very high number of people living alone compared to other areas. The community is largely made up of couples, both with and without children.
2.2
▼ -24.1%
- 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 Broadwater — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 38.5% of households consisting of one person. Because of this, the typical home has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
38.5% ▲ +92.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broadwater, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.4% of local families, while one-parent families are well below the national average at just 7.7%.
7.7% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadwater, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20347/broadwater/topic/family-households