2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Solomon · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Solomon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Solomon are couples with children, making it a place where family units are common. The area generally follows national patterns for home sizes, though it has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar areas.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Solomon — higher than 57% of areas.
| Solomon | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Solomon typically house 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and has edged down since 2011. About 24.6% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.8 percentage points over the last decade.
24.6% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Solomon, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the community, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most families are couples with children (58.1%) or couples without children (25.2%).
15.4% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Solomon, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Solomon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED702/solomon/topic/family-households