2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canberra · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Canberra
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Canberra consist of couples with children. This defines the local landscape, though the city is also seeing a significant rise in people living on their own.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Canberra — lower than 86% of areas.
| Canberra | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Canberra are smaller than usual, with just 2.3 people per household. This is a little below the national figure and helps explain why 31.2% of residents live alone, a rate that is well above the Australian average.
31.2% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Canberra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.5% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4%, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canberra, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED802/canberra/topic/family-households