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Family & Households in Brookong

How families and households are made up across the area.

A very low rate of single-parent homes sets Brookong apart from most similar areas. The community is predominantly made up of couples, with 90% of families consisting of partners living together. This creates a family structure that differs sharply from the broader state and national patterns.

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Where Brookong sits — Average household size

2.5 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Brookong — higher than 50% of areas.

Brookong2.5
2656, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Brookong typically house 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure and the New South Wales average.

Household size

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In Brookong, 2 people is the majority at 100%.

2 people 57.1%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 60% of families here, while 30% are couples without children. Notably, one-parent families account for 0% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

Family composition

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In Brookong, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.

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 Brookong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10597/brookong/topic/family-households