3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brookwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people usually live in each home in Brookwater, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This creates a community of large households where very few people live alone. It is a place dominated by families, especially couples raising children.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 Brookwater — higher than 89% of areas.
| Brookwater | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4300, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is crowded compared to most areas, with 30.9% of households containing four people. Only 7.4% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.4% ▲ +253.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brookwater splits fairly evenly between 4 people (31%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 75.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.5%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
6.5% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookwater, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 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 Brookwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30390/brookwater/topic/family-households