2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pearce
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.6% of families in Pearce, making them the most common household type. While family life is central here, there is also a notably high number of people living on their own compared to other areas. This creates a diverse mix of living arrangements across the suburb.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Pearce — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pearce | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2607, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people in Pearce live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home contains 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
30.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pearce splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 11.7% of the total. This share is about the same as the ACT average and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pearce, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80109/pearce/topic/family-households