Acton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Acton

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.

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Where Acton sits — Average household size

1.0 ▼ -58.3%
  • 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 Acton — lower than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Acton1.0
2601, ACT 1.7
Australian Capital Territory 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2021: 1.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

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 Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80017/acton/topic/family-households