2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Red Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Red Hill than in most other areas, with the typical household holding 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy suburb where single-person living is far less common than across the territory or the nation.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Red Hill — higher than 76% of areas.
| Red Hill | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2603, ACT | 2.3 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 19.3%, which is well below the 25.7% seen across the ACT.
19.3% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Red Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are very common in Red Hill, making up 70% of all family groups. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here at 8.4%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
8.4% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Red Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80112/red-hill/topic/family-households