2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bruthen · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Bruthen are couples with children. This makes the town a family-oriented place, though a growing number of people are now living on their own.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bruthen — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Typical homes in Bruthen hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with a rise in solo living, as 30.6% of residents now live alone—well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.6% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Bruthen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average but has fallen since 2011.
16.0% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Bruthen, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221010/bruthen/topic/family-households