The 2016 Census has delivered its first insight, revealing what characteristics make up the 'typical Australian'.
According to the ABS, the typical Australian is:
- 38 years old
- female
- born in Australia
- of English ancestry
- married
- living in a couple family with two children in a house with three bedrooms
- and has two motor vehicles
The description of the 'typical Australian' is based on the most common responses to last year’s Census.
The 2011 Census data showed the 'average Australian' was a 37-year-old woman, living with her husband and two children in a three bedroom house in a suburb of one of Australia's capital cities.
In the 2016 Census the 'typical person' varies from state to state - the average Tasmanian is the oldest at 42 years, while the average person from the Northern Territory is the youngest at 34.
The ‘typical’ home in Tasmania and New South Wales is owned outright, while the ‘typical’ Northern Territory home is rented. In 2006, the ‘typical’ Australian home was owned outright.
The 'typical' migrant was from England, but the 'typical' migrants in each state come from a range of countries -the average in Queensland was born in New Zealand, in Victoria it's India-born, and in New South Wales it's China.
