2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Garran · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Garran
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing roofs in Garran than in 2011, with the typical home now holding 2.7 people. The area is heavily dominated by families, as two-thirds of all households consist of couples raising children.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Garran — higher than 71% of areas.
| Garran | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2605, ACT | 2.6 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most similar areas, and the number of people per home has risen since 2011. About 23.8% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure.
23.8% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Garran, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67% of families in Garran. One-parent families are much less common here than across the ACT or Australia, sitting at just 8.6%.
8.6% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Garran, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Garran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091102/garran/topic/family-households