2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bruthen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bruthen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define daily life in Bruthen, where 29.6% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, contributing to a typical home size that is a little below the Victorian and Australian average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Bruthen — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live in each home here compared to most areas, with the typical home holding 2.3 people. Single-person households are common, making up nearly 30% of all homes, while two-person homes are the most frequent at 35%.
29.6% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bruthen, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is also a little above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
15.4% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bruthen, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20364/bruthen/topic/family-households