2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brompton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brompton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common living arrangement in Brompton, making up 37.7% of all homes. The area is defined by a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of one-parent families. This creates a community where smaller, non-traditional households are much more common than in other parts of the state.
2.1
→ 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 Brompton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Brompton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5007, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Brompton are smaller than most, with just 2.1 people per household. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, which helps explain why the 35.1% of people living alone is well above the Australian average.
35.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brompton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.5% of the community, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Other family types are also common, with couples without children representing 39.5% of the total.
18.5% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Brompton splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families 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 Brompton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40165/brompton/topic/family-households