Brinkley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Brinkley

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher share of people live alone in Brinkley compared to the rest of the country. While most Australian homes hold about 2.5 people, the typical household here is smaller with just 2.3 people.

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📍 Brinkley, Suburb / Locality

Where Brinkley sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Brinkley — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Brinkley2.3
5253, SA 2.3
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. More than half of all households consist of two people.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 40.6%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Brinkley, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 10.7% of the area, a figure well below the 14.1% national average. Couples with and without children are equally common, each representing 42.9% of families.

10.7%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Brinkley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Brinkley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40162/brinkley/topic/family-households