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 years 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.
