Holt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Holt

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of single-person homes shapes daily life in Holt, where 31.3% of residents live alone. While most of the area is made up of families, there is a strong presence of lone occupants compared to the rest of the territory.

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📍 Holt, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Holt sits — Average household size

2.4 ▲ +4.3%
  • 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 Holt — lower than 64% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Holt2.4
2615, ACT 2.7
Australian Capital Territory 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Holt has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This is partly because 31.3% of residents live alone, a rate well above both the ACT and the Australian average.

2.4 ▲ +4.3%

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.3% ▲ +1.1%

Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 31.0%
  • 2016: 35.5%
  • 2021: 31.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Holt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 55.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, which is well above the ACT average, though this figure has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.

14.9% ▼ -11.9%

Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 17.2%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Holt, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011015/holt/topic/family-households