Brucedale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brucedale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 61.5% of families in Brucedale, which is the most common family type here. This creates a landscape where households are larger and fewer people live alone compared to other areas.

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📍 Brucedale, Suburb / Locality

Where Brucedale sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Brucedale — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brucedale2.8
2650, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Brucedale are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per house. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and far fewer people live alone here than in the rest of the country.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.4%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 16.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Brucedale, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The area has a typical rate of one-parent families at 11.5%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

11.5%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Brucedale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Brucedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10610/brucedale/topic/family-households