3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Family & Households in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.2% of families in Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT), the largest family group in the region. This is a place where homes are typically larger than average, and far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the territory.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — higher than 99% of areas.
| Not in any Significant Urban Area | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here have an average of 3.0 people, which is a little above the ACT and national figures of 2.5. This trend has edged up since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 16.9%, well below the national average.
16.9% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
10.9% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/family-households