2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bruce
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Bruce have shifted over the last decade, with more people now living alone. This area is characterised by smaller homes, where the typical household has just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Bruce — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bruce | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2617, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national and territory averages. This helps explain why homes are smaller than in most areas, with two-person households being the most common at 36.7%.
30.2% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bruce, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.6% of families, while those without children account for 42.7%. One-parent families represent 9.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
9.1% ▲ +73.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bruce splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/family-households