2.6 ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bracknell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bracknell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Bracknell (L) than in most similar areas. The community has shifted toward larger households, with the typical home now housing 2.6 people. This represents a noticeable increase from 2.2 people per home back in 2011.
2.6
▲ +18.2%
- 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 Bracknell — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 40%, while those living alone make up 21.4%. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%, and the proportion of single-person households has fallen since 2011.
21.4% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bracknell, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.6%. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has dropped 10 points since 2011.
13.8% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bracknell, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Bracknell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622003/bracknell/topic/family-households