2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Farrer · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Farrer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households are a common sight in Farrer, where 63.4% of families are couples with children. This creates a residential landscape where most homes are occupied by families rather than individuals. The area is strongly geared towards family life, with very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Farrer — higher than 57% of areas.
| Farrer | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2607, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Farrer hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While 24.6% of residents live alone—a figure that has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011—the most common household size is two people at 31.4%.
24.6% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Farrer, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 63.4% of the total. Only 9.2% of families are single-parent households, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.2% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Farrer, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091101/farrer/topic/family-households