1.7 ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define the living patterns in Barton, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the region, creating a residential profile dominated by single-person dwellings rather than larger family units.
1.7
▼ -10.5%
- 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 Barton — lower than 94% of areas.
| Barton | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2600, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of the households in Barton are single-person dwellings, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the typical home has only 1.7 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
46.3% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barton, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 60% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.2% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.2% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barton, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80022/barton/topic/family-households