2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Broadwater than in most other areas, with only 19.8% of households consisting of one person. This means the area has a strong presence of multi-person homes, making it a place where few residents live in isolation.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Broadwater — higher than 57% of areas.
| Broadwater | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Most households contain two people (41.5%), while 19.8% are single-person homes.
19.8% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broadwater, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.4% of families, while 31.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.4%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.4% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadwater, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/family-households