2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most homes in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) are anchored by families, with 59.8% being couples with children. This makes it a place where larger households are more common than in many other areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the number of residents per dwelling has edged down since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) — higher than 64% of areas.
| Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2606, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About a quarter of residents live alone, a figure that rose to 25.8% since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.7%, though the area generally has more people per home than most other places.
25.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained stable since 2011, while couples without children account for 27.2% of families.
11.9% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL802001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/family-households