Australian Capital Territory

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 356,586 people in Australian Capital Territory of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Australian Capital Territory was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Australian Capital Territory aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Australian Capital Territory was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Australian Capital Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Australian Capital Territory was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Australian Capital Territory 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Australian Capital Territory were Australian 26.6%, English 24.1%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.2%.

In Australian Capital Territory, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, India 1.6%, New Zealand 1.2% and Vietnam 0.8%.

In Australian Capital Territory, 53.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Australian Capital Territory were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Buddhism 2.6%.

In Australian Capital Territory 77.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.9%, Vietnamese 1.1%, Cantonese 1.0%, Italian 0.9% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 202,877 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Australian Capital Territory. Of these 65.0% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Australian Capital Territory, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Australian Capital Territory was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Australian Capital Territory included Professionals 29.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Managers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 6.8%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Australian Capital Territory, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 20.1%, Defence 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.7% and Tertiary Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Australian Capital Territory was $918.

In Australian Capital Territory, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Bus 5.6%, Walked only 4.2% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Australian Capital Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Australian Capital Territory, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Australian Capital Territory, 46.2% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Australian Capital Territory 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Australian Capital Territory, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,060 and those without children was $2,662.

Employment status of couple families

In Australian Capital Territory, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Australian Capital Territory, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Australian Capital Territory, 72.8% were separate houses, 14.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Australian Capital Territory, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Australian Capital Territory, 28.4% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Australian Capital Territory, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Australian Capital Territory, 12.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Australian Capital Territory, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Australian Capital Territory, there were 5,156 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,638 (or 51.2%) were male and 2,518 (or 48.8%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Australian Capital Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,677.

In Australian Capital Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.