2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Browns Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Browns Plains compared to the rest of the country. This area is dominated by couples, with only 15.8% of households consisting of a single person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
2.5
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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 Browns Plains — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, matching the Victorian and national figures. Half of all households are made up of two people, while 15.8% are one-person homes, a rate far below the state average.
15.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Browns Plains, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families here. Single-parent families are very rare at just 3.2%, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
3.2% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Browns Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20357/browns-plains/topic/family-households