1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2601, ACT · Postcode
Family & Households in 2601, ACT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-four percent of people in postcode 2601 live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct residential profile for the area, where small households are the norm. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 2601, ACT — lower than 99% of areas.
| 2601, ACT | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the same high proportion of people living alone seen since 2011.
44.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2601, ACT splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (44%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 72.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.5%, which is well below both the ACT and national averages.
6.5% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2601, ACT, Couples without children is the majority at 72%; Couples with children is next at 19%.
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 2601, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2601/2601-act/topic/family-households