2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brinsmead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brinsmead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families in Brinsmead, making this a strong family hub. With a typical home holding 2.8 people, it is a place where larger households are common compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Brinsmead — higher than 76% of areas.
| Brinsmead | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up only 15.2% of households, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.8 people is a little above both the state and national averages.
15.2% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brinsmead, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.2% of the area, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
13.2% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brinsmead, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Brinsmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30377/brinsmead/topic/family-households