2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brandy Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Brandy Creek have remained steady since 2011, with a strong focus on couples. The area is mostly made up of family homes, and a very low 4.6% of families are headed by a single parent.
2.6
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- 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 Brandy Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
| Brandy Creek | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4800, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Brandy Creek typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the low 17.1% of people living alone, a figure well below the national rate of 25.6%.
17.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brandy Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of the families here at 54.0%. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare at 4.6%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
4.6% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brandy Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Brandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30360/brandy-creek/topic/family-households