3.3 ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broadwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Broadwood has some of the largest households in the region, with a typical home holding 3.3 people. This community is defined by large family groups, with very few residents living alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.3
▼ -5.7%
- 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 Broadwood — higher than 91% of areas.
| Broadwood | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6430, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the fact that only 5.6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
5.6% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broadwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.4% of families here. Consequently, one-parent families are much lower than most areas at 4.9%, well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
4.9% ▲ +212.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadwood, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Broadwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50184/broadwood/topic/family-households