1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
City · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in City
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive 19 percentage point gap separates the City from the rest of the territory in the number of people living alone. This area is defined by very small households, with the typical home containing only 1.7 people.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 City — lower than 94% of areas.
| City | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2601, ACT | 1.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 44.4% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone or in pairs, the typical home here has only 1.7 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
44.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →City splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (45%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 72.3% of the total. This is reflected in the number of one-parent families, which at 6.5% is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.5% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In City, Couples without children is the majority at 72%; Couples with children is next at 19%.
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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80038/city/topic/family-households