2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Braidwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Braidwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Braidwood than in most similar areas, with 35.2% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to the town having a smaller typical household size than the rest of the state.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Braidwood — lower than 76% of areas.
| Braidwood | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2622, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Braidwood holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 35.2% of residents live alone, a rate far above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
35.2% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Braidwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
11.7% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Braidwood, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Braidwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10544/braidwood/topic/family-households