2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family and household patterns in Cook have remained remarkably stable since 2011. The area is defined by a high proportion of single-person households, with 31% of residents living alone, which is well above both the territory and national figures.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Cook — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cook | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2614, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cook are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, while 34% of homes are occupied by two people.
31.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of the families here, at 55.2%. One-parent families account for 13.2%, a figure that is a little above the ACT average and has barely changed over the last decade.
13.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cook, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011005/cook/topic/family-households