1.9 ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2609, ACT · Postcode
Family & Households in 2609, ACT
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in postcode 2609 are occupied by just one person. This makes it an area where living alone is far more common than in the rest of the territory, with a typical home holding only 1.9 people.
1.9
▲ +5.6%
- 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 2609, ACT — lower than 95% of areas.
| 2609, ACT | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of the population (51.5%) live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. Consequently, the number of people per home is well below the typical Australian figure of 2.5.
51.5% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2609, ACT, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the territory average. This proportion has grown by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
16.9% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2609, ACT, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 2609, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2609/2609-act/topic/family-households