2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narrabundah · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Narrabundah than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area has a high proportion of single-person households. Most families here are couples with children, though one-parent families are more common than in most of the territory.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Narrabundah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Narrabundah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2604, ACT | 2.0 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 30.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people (31%), followed closely by one person (30.4%).
2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Narrabundah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families. One-parent families account for 13.9%, which is a little above the ACT figure of 11.9% and higher than most similar areas.
13.9% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Narrabundah, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Narrabundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80099/narrabundah/topic/family-households