Reid · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Reid

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than 40% of people in Reid live alone, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This creates a small average household size for the neighbourhood. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.

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📍 Reid, Suburb / Locality

Where Reid sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Reid — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Reid2.0
2612, ACT 2.0
Australian Capital Territory 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Reid holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian and ACT figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 40.9% of the area.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.9% ▲ +1.0%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 40.5%
  • 2016: 46.1%
  • 2021: 40.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Reid, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.3%, followed closely by couples with children at 44.4%. One-parent families make up 9.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average.

9.3% ▼ -52.0%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.3%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 9.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Reid splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80113/reid/topic/family-households