2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Canberra · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in South Canberra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A well above average 34.5% of people in South Canberra live alone, which is nearly 9 percentage points higher than the national figure. This creates a distinct profile for the area, where small households are common and the typical home holds fewer people than most other Australian suburbs.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 South Canberra — lower than 89% of areas.
| South Canberra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This trend has edged down since 2011, and two-person households are now the most common at 36.4%.
34.5% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Canberra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are dominated by couples, with 52.9% having children and 36% without. One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Canberra, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 South Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80106/south-canberra/topic/family-households