2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brentwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Brentwood live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a unique mix in the area, where one-parent families are also much more common than in most other places.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Brentwood — higher than 50% of areas.
| Brentwood | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6153, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brentwood holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 30.6% of households consist of just one person, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brentwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (28%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most areas. This is well above the state average of 13.5%, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 61.1%.
16.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brentwood, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/family-households