2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2911, ACT · Postcode
Family & Households in 2911, ACT
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in postcode 2911 than in most other areas, with 2.8 people living in the typical home. This makes it a place where large households are the norm, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 2911, ACT — higher than 86% of areas.
| 2911, ACT | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size has grown since 2011, now sitting at 2.8 people.
19.4% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2911, ACT, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.3%. Only 6.9% are one-parent families, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
6.9% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2911, ACT, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 2911, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2911/2911-act/topic/family-households