Brays Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brays Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Brays Creek, where the typical home holds only 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where single-person homes and couples without children are common.

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Where Brays Creek sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Brays Creek — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brays Creek2.3
2484, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.5% of people here live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. Nearly half of all homes are occupied by just two people, contributing to the lower-than-average household size.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.5%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.3%
  • 2021: 27.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Brays Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (8%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 45.6% of families, slightly edging out couples with children at 44.4%. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.

14.4%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.3%
  • 2021: 14.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Brays Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 14%.

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 Brays Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10550/brays-creek/topic/family-households