2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deakin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Deakin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Deakin than in most similar areas, with 28.5% of households consisting of just one person. This is a place where couples with children make up the largest group, though one-parent families are much less common than the national figure.
2.4
→ 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 Deakin — lower than 64% of areas.
| Deakin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2600, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Deakin holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the ACT and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 32.8%, while 28.5% of residents live alone.
28.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Deakin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children lead the family breakdown at 60.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Deakin, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061062/deakin/topic/family-households