1.6 → 0.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Symonston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Symonston
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements defines Symonston, where 60.3% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is a starkly different pattern to the rest of the territory, resulting in a very small average household size.
1.6
→ 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 Symonston — lower than 97% of areas.
| Symonston | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 2609, ACT | 1.9 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.6 people per home, Symonston has one of the lowest densities of residents per dwelling. This is well below the typical Australian figure of 2.5, as 60.3% of households consist of a single person.
60.3% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Symonston, 1 person is the majority at 60%; 2 people is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, which is well above the ACT figure of 11.9%. Other family types include couples without children, who represent the largest group at 46.7%.
16.5% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Symonston, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Symonston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80121/symonston/topic/family-households