Greenway · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greenway

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-three percent of people live alone in Greenway, making it a place with very small households. The typical home holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the figure for both the ACT and Australia.

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📍 Greenway, Suburb / Locality

Where Greenway sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -5.0%
  • 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 Greenway — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenway1.9
2900, ACT 1.9
Australian Capital Territory 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 43.4% of households, a rate far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 1.9 people is much lower than in most other areas.

1.9 ▼ -5.0%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.4% ▲ +27.0%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.2%
  • 2016: 36.8%
  • 2021: 43.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Greenway, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 17.6% of families. This is well above the Australian Capital Territory average of 11.9%.

17.6% ▼ -13.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.4%
  • 2016: 17.1%
  • 2021: 17.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenway, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).

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 Greenway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80066/greenway/topic/family-households