Flats, houses and bedrooms in Braddon
Flats or apartments made up 81% of occupied homes in Braddon at the 2021 Census, above the territory's 19%. Separate houses came to 5%, below the 63% across the ACT, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses to 14%, below the ACT figure of 17%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer reached 81%, above the 26% across the ACT, with three-bedroom homes at 14% (37% across the ACT) and four or more bedrooms at 4% (36% across the ACT), both below. On Census night 13% of private dwellings in Braddon were unoccupied, above the territory figure of 7%.
Renting, owning and income in Braddon
At the 2021 Census, 60% of Braddon households rented, above the ACT's 31%. Within that group, 69% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the territory figure of 55%. The median rent was $495 a week, above the ACT median of $450. Households paying off a mortgage came to 27%, below the 40% across the ACT, and outright owners to 11%, below the territory's 27%.
The median mortgage repayment, $1,803 a month, sat below the ACT's $2,080. Braddon's median household income was $2,259 a week, below the $2,373 across the ACT. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the median rent equals 22% of the median income of all households in Braddon, renters or not, above the 19% across the territory.
Household size, age and the same address in Braddon
An average Braddon household held 1.8 people at the 2021 Census, below the ACT average of 2.5. The suburb of Braddon was home to 6,383 people, with a median age of 30 years, below the territory's 35. Of people aged five and over in Braddon, 19% lived at the same address five years earlier, below the 50% across the ACT.