2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashburton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashburton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Ashburton, at 71.3%. This is a family-focused area where homes are typically larger than those in other parts of the country.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ashburton — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Ashburton has a higher density of residents per dwelling than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.9%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.9% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashburton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas but is well below the 14.1% national average.
9.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashburton, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20077/ashburton/topic/family-households