Brentwood · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brentwood

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Brentwood than in the rest of the state, with 0% of families fitting this description. This small community is mostly made up of couples, and homes here tend to be slightly larger than the South Australian average.

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📍 Brentwood, Suburb / Locality

Where Brentwood sits — Average household size

2.7 —
  • 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 Brentwood — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brentwood2.7
5575, SA 2.1
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Brentwood holds 2.7 people, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. Interestingly, 30.8% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.

2.7 —

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.8% —

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.1%
  • 2021: 30.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Brentwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 6 or more at 24%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 55.7% including children and 45.9% without. This helps explain why there are no one-parent families in the area, a result far below the national figure of 14.1%.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Brentwood, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.

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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40157/brentwood/topic/family-households