Brodies Plains · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brodies Plains

How families and households are made up across the area.

Only 15% of people live alone in Brodies Plains, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where most residents live in groups, with small numbers of single-person households compared to other areas.

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📍 Brodies Plains, Suburb / Locality

Where Brodies Plains 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 Brodies Plains — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brodies Plains2.3
2360, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households contain either two or three people, while those with four or more people are not present.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 24.0%
  • 2021: 15.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Brodies Plains, the largest group is 3 people at 44%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 1 person (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 6.8% of the area, which is well below the national and state figures. Couples with and without children are equally common, each accounting for 36.4% of families.

6.8%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.2%
  • 2021: 6.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Brodies Plains splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Brodies Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10583/brodies-plains/topic/family-households