2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broome · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Broome
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than the national average live in Broome, where 25.8% of families fit this description. This stands out as a key feature of the local community, alongside a high number of people living on their own.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Broome — higher than 50% of areas.
| Broome | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6725, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of households in Broome are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. On average, there are 2.5 people per home, a rate about the same as across Western Australia.
31.3% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broome splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.8% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 48.6% and couples without children at 23.0%.
25.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (26%) and Couples without children (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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50190/broome/topic/family-households