2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brookton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brookton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 32% of people live alone in Brookton, a figure well above the national average. This means more residents here live by themselves compared to the typical Australian community. While many homes house couples, the area has a notably high proportion of single-person households.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Brookton — lower than 76% of areas.
| Brookton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6306, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Brookton are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 32.2% of households are just one person, which is much higher than most areas.
32.2% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.6%, a rate that is higher than most similar areas but sits a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.6% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50189/brookton/topic/family-households