2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brucknell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brucknell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Brucknell is shaped by a strong presence of family units, with over half of all families including children. This is a stable residential area where the typical home houses 2.5 people, matching both state and national figures.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Brucknell — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 43.1% of all households. Only 21.6% of people live alone, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
21.6% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brucknell, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.5% of families, while those without children account for 42.7%. Only 6.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the national and state averages.
6.8% ▲ +64.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brucknell, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Brucknell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20359/brucknell/topic/family-households