2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brunswick West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements defines Brunswick West, where 38.2% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Brunswick West — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 38.2% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the figure for Victoria and Australia.
38.2% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brunswick West, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families in Brunswick West are couples with children (53.6%), while 33% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick West, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Brunswick West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20363/brunswick-west/topic/family-households