2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scullin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scullin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Scullin than in most similar areas, reaching 14.8%. This suburb is largely made up of families, with 60.1% of households being couples with children. While it follows broader trends in the territory, it has a slightly higher proportion of people living alone than the national average.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Scullin — higher than 57% of areas.
| Scullin | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2614, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of people in Scullin live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 29% housing two people, while the typical home size of 2.6 people is about the same as the ACT and national figures.
27.2% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Scullin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.1%. The proportion of one-parent families is 14.8%, which is a little above the ACT's 11.9% and higher than most similar areas.
14.8% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scullin, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80117/scullin/topic/family-households