3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brookfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 71.3% of families in Brookfield, making it a strong hub for family life. This is a place where large households are the norm, and very few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Brookfield — higher than 86% of areas.
| Brookfield | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4069, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than most, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 12.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.4% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brookfield, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are overwhelmingly stable here, as one-parent families make up just 4.8% of the total. This is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and far below the Queensland figure.
4.8% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookfield, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Brookfield
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30386/brookfield/topic/family-households