2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Franklin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Franklin, where nearly 65% of families consist of couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the typical home, which holds more people than those in most other areas across the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Franklin — higher than 76% of areas.
| Franklin | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2913, ACT | 2.8 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are busier than usual, with 2.8 people per household, a figure a little above the national and territory average of 2.5. This is consistent with a lower proportion of people living alone, at 20.9%, which is well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
20.9% ▲ +57.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.9% of families, while those without children account for 25.1%. One-parent families represent 8.4% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.4% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Franklin, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80058/franklin/topic/family-households