2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Canberra · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in North Canberra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in North Canberra than in most similar areas, with 34.1% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place of smaller, more independent living arrangements compared to the rest of the territory.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is North Canberra — lower than 89% of areas.
| North Canberra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in North Canberra holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This smaller household size is driven by the high number of single-person homes, a trend that has risen slightly since 2011.
34.1% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Canberra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while 37.4% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Canberra, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 North Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80105/north-canberra/topic/family-households