Canberra Airport

15.2% of Canberra Airport's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.

27 family households lived in Canberra Airport; 44.4% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

55.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.

Canberra Airport had 125 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.2% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Australian Capital Territory.

Separate houses made up 76.9% of occupied private dwellings in Canberra Airport.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

8.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

91.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Australian Capital Territory rate.

The average household in Canberra Airport had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 43.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.

Two-person households represented 13.6%, while 22.7% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Australian Capital Territory.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

One-car households formed 31.8% of the total.

65.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.7% reported a different address.

20.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.

56.0% of residents used only English at home.

26.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.8% of Canberra Airport's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 69.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.0% of ancestry responses in Canberra Airport.

Australian ancestry made up 32.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

30.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 69.6% across Australian Capital Territory.

49.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 3.8% across Australian Capital Territory.

62.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 3.2% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 13.6%.

Median household income was $2,218 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 11.1% in Canberra Airport, compared with 10.9% across Australian Capital Territory.

Outright ownership was 8.3% locally and 27.3% across Australian Capital Territory. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.

Renting accounted for 91.7% in Canberra Airport, against 31.5% across Australian Capital Territory.