1.0 ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2021: 1.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Acton · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just one person typically lives in an Acton home, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a residential landscape dominated by single-person households rather than traditional family groups.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Acton — lower than 99% of areas.
| Acton | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| 2601, ACT | 1.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With only 1.0 person per home, Acton is among the lowest for household size at this level. This is far below the typical 2.5 people per home seen across both the ACT and Australia.
1.0 ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80017/acton/topic/family-households