Acton

0.2% of Acton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

0 family households lived in Acton.

Acton had 2,848 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

0.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.

18.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

7.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 28.7% walked or cycled.

2.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 98.0% reported a different address.

26.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.

62.5% of residents used only English at home.

20.1% used a language other than English at home.

6.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

26.2% of Acton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.8% was born in Australia.

5.2% of residents were born in China.

3.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 68.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.0% of ancestry responses in Acton.

Australian ancestry made up 32.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.6% of responses.

24.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.

Managers accounted for 1.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.8% of workers, and education and training employed 23.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.9%, compared with 69.6% across Australian Capital Territory.

2.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 40.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 17.3%, compared with 3.8% across Australian Capital Territory.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 0.3% arthritis and 0.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 3.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 6.9%.

Median household income was $0 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $9 per week.