2.1 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Brunswick Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant shift in living arrangements has seen Brunswick Heads move toward smaller households since 2011. The number of people living alone has jumped 18 points to 36.9%, meaning a much higher proportion of residents now live by themselves compared to most other areas.
2.1
▼ -25.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Brunswick Heads — lower than 71% of areas.
| Brunswick Heads | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brunswick Heads holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a downward trend from 2011, when the usual household size was 2.8 people.
36.9% ▲ +97.9%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brunswick Heads splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.1% of the area, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This proportion has risen 8.2 points since 2011, while couples with children now account for 45.9% of families.
21.1% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick Heads, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115029/brunswick-heads/topic/family-households