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.
Braybrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Braybrook — higher than 57% of areas.
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
26.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Braybrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 19%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Braybrook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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