Like many Millennials, project manager Brigitte Garozzo thought she’d have kids before the age of 30. Now she’s 27 – the age most Australians think is "ideal" to start a family, according to a new survey of our family values – and she’s not quite ready.

"Since I started wanting to have kids, I have always had a timeline of 'before 30' in my head.

"Now that I'm 27, it's dawning on me how close that is, and I have a few things I want to get done before I have kids, so I've pushed it back a little."

Brigitte Garozzo and Chris Gall are a Millennial couple who plan on having kids in few years' time. Credit:Cole Bennetts

She and her 28-year-old partner of seven years, Chris Gall, plan to "finish up a few pre-baby life goals," like travelling and saving up a home deposit, before starting a family in about four years’ time.