2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Holt · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Holt than in most similar areas. This creates a distinct household mix where over 31% of homes are occupied by just one person. While many homes are small, more than half of the local families still include children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Holt — lower than 57% of areas.
| Holt | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the figures for both the ACT and Australia. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.3% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Holt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.9% of the local mix, a figure that is well above the ACT average. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 55.3% of households.
14.9% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Holt, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80075/holt/topic/family-households