Bracken Ridge · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bracken Ridge

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households are common in Bracken Ridge compared to most similar areas. With a typical home holding 2.8 people, it is a place where few people live alone and family groups are the norm.

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Where Bracken Ridge sits — Average household size

2.8 → 0.0%
  • 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 Bracken Ridge — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bracken Ridge2.8
4017, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national and state figures of 2.5. This helps explain why only 16.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.3% ▲ +8.1%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 16.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bracken Ridge, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the biggest group at 60.7%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

14.9% ▼ -3.5%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.5%
  • 2016: 13.7%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bracken Ridge, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30353/bracken-ridge/topic/family-households