2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deakin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Deakin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Deakin have remained steady over the last decade, with a typical home now housing 2.4 people. This balance reflects a mix of established family groups and a growing number of single-person households.
2.4
→ 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 Deakin — lower than 57% of areas.
| Deakin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2600, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are more common here than in most areas, making up 28.5% of all households. This is slightly higher than the figures for the ACT and Australia, where typical homes hold about 2.5 people.
28.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Deakin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Deakin consist of couples with children (60.7%) or couples without children (29.5%). One-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Deakin, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80044/deakin/topic/family-households