2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookstead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brookstead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are much more common in Brookstead than in the rest of the country. This gap is a standout feature for the area, where one-parent families make up 18.4% of all households. Most homes here are small, with nearly half consisting of just two people.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Brookstead — higher than 57% of areas.
| Brookstead | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4364, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brookstead has 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. About a quarter of residents live alone, a rate that is around the middle for similar areas.
25.0% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brookstead, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the area, which is well above the Queensland figure of 15.4% and the national rate of 14.1%. The most common family type is couples with children, who account for 47.2% of families.
18.4% ▲ +204.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookstead, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Brookstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30389/brookstead/topic/family-households