3.0 —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.4% of families in Broadmeadows, marking it as a strong hub for family life. The area is characterised by larger households than most of the country, with a notably high number of single-parent families.
3.0
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) — higher than 90% of areas.
| Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Broadmeadows are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This explains why only 21.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
21.9% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas. At 18.5%, this figure is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and has remained steady since 2016.
18.5% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21203/broadmeadows/topic/family-households