Braybrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Braybrook

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Braybrook are couples with children. This is a residential area where homes generally hold more people than in most other similar places, and one-parent families are much more common than the state or national figures.

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📍 Braybrook, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Braybrook sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -3.7%
  • 1.0: 7 areas
  • 1.1: 0 areas
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 3 areas
  • 1.4: 6 areas
  • 1.5: 9 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 13 areas
  • 1.8: 28 areas
  • 1.9: 37 areas
  • 2.0: 54 areas
  • 2.1: 115 areas
  • 2.2: 188 areas
  • 2.3: 287 areas
  • 2.4: 258 areas
  • 2.5: 272 areas
  • 2.6: 246 areas
  • 2.7: 211 areas
  • 2.8: 190 areas
  • 2.9: 149 areas
  • 3.0: 119 areas
  • 3.1: 66 areas
  • 3.2: 44 areas
  • 3.3: 38 areas
  • 3.4: 30 areas
  • 3.5: 10 areas
  • 3.6: 8 areas
  • 3.7: 5 areas
  • 3.8: 4 areas
  • 3.9: 2 areas
  • 4.0: 3 areas
  • 4.1: 1 area
  • 4.2: 1 area
  • 4.3: 2 areas
  • 4.4: 0 areas
  • 4.5: 1 area
  • 4.6: 0 areas
  • 4.7: 0 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 0 areas
  • 5.0: 2 areas
  • 5.1: 1 area
  • 5.2: 0 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 0 areas
  • 5.5: 0 areas
  • 5.6: 0 areas
  • 5.7: 0 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 0 areas
  • 6.0: 2 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Braybrook — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Braybrook2.6
3019, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas, though this figure has edged down since 2011. About 26.3% of households are people living alone, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.

2.6 ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.3% ▲ +3.0%

Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 25.5%
  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 26.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Braybrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. While this represents a much higher proportion than most areas, the figure has actually fallen by 3.4 points since 2011.

19.7% ▼ -14.6%

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 23.1%
  • 2016: 20.6%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Braybrook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Braybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031347/braybrook/topic/family-households