2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Isabella Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Isabella Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Isabella Plains have evolved since 2011, with the area now seeing a higher proportion of single parents than most similar places. It is a residential hub where over 60% of families are couples with children, contributing to a typical household size of 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Isabella Plains — higher than 57% of areas.
| Isabella Plains | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2905, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.6 people per dwelling. About 23.3% of residents live alone, which is a little below the ACT average of 25.7%.
23.3% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Isabella Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.4% of the area, a figure that is well above the ACT's 11.9% and much higher than most similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 60.4%.
15.4% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Isabella Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Isabella Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80079/isabella-plains/topic/family-households