2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alice Springs · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Alice Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single-parent families shape the daily life of Alice Springs. The area is home to many more one-parent families than the national average, and homes are typically larger than in most similar regions.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Alice Springs — higher than 79% of areas.
| Alice Springs | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes have two or three people, with a typical size of 2.6 people per household. While 27.1% of residents live alone, this is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
17.5% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alice Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70200/alice-springs/topic/family-households