2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Braunstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Braunstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Braunstone than in the rest of the country, with only 16% of households consisting of one person. This makes the area stand out from the national trend, as homes here are generally fuller and more likely to be shared. The typical home in Braunstone houses 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Braunstone — higher than 76% of areas.
| Braunstone | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 47% of homes here are shared by two people, and only 16% are single-person households. This low rate of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%, contributing to a typical home size of 2.8 people.
16.0% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Braunstone, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a majority of families at 55.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
7.8% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Braunstone, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Braunstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10547/braunstone/topic/family-households