2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brewarrina · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Brewarrina
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 40% of households in Brewarrina are headed by one parent, a figure far above the national average. This is the most common family type in the area, which has seen a sharp increase in single-parent homes over the last decade. A high number of people also live alone here.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Brewarrina — lower than 57% of areas.
| Brewarrina | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2839, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 42.1% of households, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This trend has grown significantly since 2011, contributing to a typical home size of 2.3 people, slightly lower than the national figure.
42.1% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brewarrina, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 40.5% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a major shift for the area, as the proportion of single-parent homes rose 31 points since 2011.
40.5% ▲ +308.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (41%) and Couples with children (36%), with Couples without children at 22%.
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121013/brewarrina/topic/family-households