2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broome · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Broome
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has hit Broome since 2011, with the typical number of people per home falling from 3.1 to 2.7. While homes here remain larger than in most areas, there has been a sharp rise in the number of people living alone. This change reflects a diversifying mix of family types across the town.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Broome — higher than 76% of areas.
| Broome | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6725, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people live in each home here than in most other areas, with 2.7 people per household. While 31.1% of homes hold two people, the number of people living alone has climbed 15 percentage points since 2011 to reach 24.3%.
24.3% ▲ +149.9%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 8.5% of families were headed by a single parent.
18.3% ▲ +115.9%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broome, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513001/broome/topic/family-households