2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brunswick · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Brunswick
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Brunswick are led by a single parent, reflecting a shift in the local domestic landscape. The area is largely made up of small households and couples, though the typical number of people per home has grown since 2011.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 — higher than 57% of areas.
| Brunswick | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6224, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here house two people (39.5%), and the typical number of people per home is 2.4, which is about the same as the national figure. While 26.6% of people live alone, this is 11 points lower than it was in 2011.
26.6% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brunswick, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 11.1% of families were one-parent households.
19.4% ▲ +74.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brunswick, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521010/brunswick/topic/family-households