2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broadford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Broadford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly one in five families in Broadford are headed by a single parent, which is well above the national figure. This trend has risen over the last decade, contributing to a local landscape where family structures are shifting. Most homes here now hold about 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Broadford — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Broadford has 2.5 people, a figure that has climbed from 2.2 in 2011. While 29.5% of residents live alone—which is well above the Victorian average—this is actually a fall from previous years.
29.5% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broadford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the local total, a rate much higher than most similar areas. This is a notable increase from 2011, alongside a majority of families being couples with children.
19.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broadford, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Broadford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215016/broadford/topic/family-households