2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brockman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brockman
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people live alone in Brockman, a figure that is well above the national average. This leads to smaller households overall, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people. It is a place where single-person homes and one-parent families are much more common than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Brockman — lower than 76% of areas.
| Brockman | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.5% of residents live alone, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because of this, homes in Brockman are a little smaller than the national average, with 2.2 people per dwelling.
35.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brockman splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.8% of the community, a rate that is well above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.2%.
22.8% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brockman, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Brockman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50185/brockman/topic/family-households