Brooker · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brooker

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher number of people share a home in Brooker than in most other areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is a family-focused community where the typical home is larger than the state or national figure.

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📍 Brooker, Suburb / Locality

Where Brooker sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Brooker — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brooker2.8
5607, SA 2.5
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are typically larger than most, with 2.8 people per house. While 25% of residents live alone, this is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.0%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Brooker, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with both parents and children make up 80% of the local mix. In a stark contrast to the rest of the country, there are no one-parent families in Brooker.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Brooker, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Brooker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40166/brooker/topic/family-households