2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brighton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of homes in Brighton are occupied by someone living alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area has a smaller typical household size than most other places. It is a community where small households and couples are common.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Brighton — lower than 76% of areas.
| Brighton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5048, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brighton has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 38.6%, while those living alone make up 32.2% of the total.
32.2% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the state and national figures.
10.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brighton, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40160/brighton/topic/family-households