2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brooks Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brooks Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Brooks Bay, where just 2.0 people typically live in each home. This is well below the national figure and reflects a local landscape where most dwellings house only two people.
2.0
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- 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 Brooks Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes (52.2%) are shared by two people, while only 17.4% of residents live alone. This proportion of single-person households is far below the Tasmanian figure.
17.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brooks Bay, 2 people is the majority at 75%; 1 person is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. This is well above the national average, while couples without children are the most common family type at 63.2%.
18.4% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brooks Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families 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 Brooks Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60081/brooks-bay/topic/family-households