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Denman Prospect · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Denman Prospect

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a roof in Denman Prospect than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy suburb where nearly 70% of households are couples with children, creating a residential landscape geared toward larger groups rather than solo dwellers.

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📍 Denman Prospect, Suburb / Locality

Where Denman Prospect sits — Average household size

2.8 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Denman Prospect — higher than 76% of areas.

Denman Prospect2.8
2611 crosses ACT/NSW 2.6
Australian Capital Territory 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, which helps explain why only 18.8% of people live alone—a figure well below the 25.6% national average. The most common household size is two people (29.2%), followed by three and four people.

Household size

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In Denman Prospect, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).

2 people 29.2% 4 people 21.6% 3 people 20.1% 1 person 18.8% 5 people 7.0% 6 or more 2.5%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 69.1% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere, at 8.4%. This is well below the 11.9% seen across the ACT.

Family composition

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In Denman Prospect, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Denman Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80045/denman-prospect/topic/family-households