2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Downer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Downer
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all households in Downer are made up of people living alone. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements in the area, where families with children are common but single-person homes are more frequent than in most other areas.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Downer — higher than 50% of areas.
| Downer | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2602, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of people here live alone, which is a little above the figures for both the ACT and Australia. The typical home has 2.5 people, a result that is about the same as the state and national averages.
27.2% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Downer splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.4%, while one-parent families account for 12.3%. This last figure is around the middle for similar areas and sits a little below the national average.
12.3% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Downer, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Downer
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Downer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80047/downer/topic/family-households