4.1 ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 4.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Desert · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Central Desert
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of daily life in Central Desert, where the typical household is far larger than in other parts of the country. With 4.1 people per home, this area has some of the highest occupancy rates in the region, reflecting a strong reliance on large family networks.
4.1
▼ -4.7%
- 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 Central Desert — higher than 99% of areas.
| Central Desert | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 30.6% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why the proportion of people living alone is among the lowest in the region at just 19.9%, though this figure has risen since 2011.
19.9% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Desert, the largest group is 6 or more at 31%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common in Central Desert, where one-parent families make up 26.8% of the total. This is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen steadily over the last decade.
26.8% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Desert, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
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 Central Desert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70620/central-desert/topic/family-households