2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Unincorporated ACT · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Unincorporated ACT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Unincorporated ACT are couples with children, marking the most common household type in the area. Most homes here match the typical size seen across the territory and the nation, with an average of 2.5 people per household.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Unincorporated ACT — higher than 71% of areas.
| Unincorporated ACT | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas, though this has edged down since 2011. About 25.7% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.4 percentage points over the last decade.
25.7% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Unincorporated ACT, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families, while couples without children account for 27.2%. One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
11.9% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Unincorporated ACT, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Unincorporated ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA89399/unincorporated-act/topic/family-households