2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2612, ACT · Postcode
Family & Households in 2612, ACT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in postcode 2612 live alone, which is far above the figures for the ACT and Australia. This makes it an area of very small households, where the typical home holds just two people. The trend towards smaller living arrangements has remained steady for over a decade.
2.0
→ 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 2612, ACT — lower than 90% of areas.
| 2612, ACT | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are very common here, making up 38.9% of all households. This is much higher than the national figure and helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
38.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2612, ACT splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, while 41.2% are couples with children. Only 7.3% are one-parent families, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
7.3% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2612, ACT, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 2612, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2612/2612-act/topic/family-households