2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Latham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Latham, where 58.7% of families fit this description. This creates a community where households are often larger than in other similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
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 Latham — higher than 57% of areas.
| Latham | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.1% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people (32.8%) or one person (24.1%).
24.1% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Latham, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the territory average of 11.9% and a little above the national figure.
15.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Latham, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80084/latham/topic/family-households