2.2 —
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), where over a third of residents live alone. This creates a distinct living pattern compared to the rest of the state, with homes typically holding fewer people than the national figure.
2.2
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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 Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 34.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has just 2.2 people, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has edged down since 2016.
34.1% —
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.5% of families, while 35.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.7%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2016.
10.7% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21303/brunswick/topic/family-households