2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canberra Airport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canberra Airport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Canberra Airport than in most similar areas, with 43.2% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a smaller typical household size than the rest of the territory.
2.3
—
- 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 Canberra Airport — lower than 71% of areas.
| Canberra Airport | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2609, ACT | 1.9 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the ACT and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 43.2% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%.
43.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canberra Airport, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.6% of the group. One-parent families account for 9.6%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
9.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canberra Airport, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Canberra Airport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80031/canberra-airport/topic/family-households