2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ainslie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ainslie
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of family life and solo living defines Ainslie, where 29.9% of households are people living alone. This is well above the national figure, though the typical home still houses 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Ainslie — higher than 50% of areas.
| Ainslie | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2602, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than the 25.6% seen across Australia. About 28.4% of homes hold two people, while 17% have three residents.
29.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ainslie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples with children, making up 60.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average.
12.2% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ainslie, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Ainslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80018/ainslie/topic/family-households