2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nicholls · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nicholls
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most areas define Nicholls, where a typical home holds 2.9 people. This high number is driven by a strong presence of families and far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the territory.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Nicholls — higher than 81% of areas.
| Nicholls | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2913, ACT | 2.8 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 13.7%, which is far below the 25.7% seen across the ACT.
13.7% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nicholls, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 66.3% of families. One-parent families represent 7.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% national average.
7.9% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nicholls, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Nicholls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80101/nicholls/topic/family-households