Burraneer · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Burraneer

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger living arrangements have become more common in Burraneer, where typical homes now hold more people than in most other areas. This is a place where families dominate the landscape, with very few people living on their own.

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📍 Burraneer, Suburb / Locality

Where Burraneer sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -3.2%
  • 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 Burraneer — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Burraneer3.0
2230, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Burraneer are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 13.5%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.5% ▼ -2.1%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 13.5%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Burraneer, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of the area at 72.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 5.3% of the total, well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

5.3% ▼ -9.1%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Burraneer, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Burraneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10702/burraneer/topic/family-households