2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Higgins · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Higgins
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Higgins than in most similar areas. This community is largely made up of families, with nearly 60% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
→ 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 Higgins — higher than 57% of areas.
| Higgins | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 21.6% of residents live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.6% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Higgins, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.9% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the ACT average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 59.6% of the total.
12.9% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Higgins, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80073/higgins/topic/family-households