2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coomalie · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Coomalie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Coomalie are couples without children, making it a place with a distinct household mix. Small household sizes are the norm here, with a high number of residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Coomalie — lower than 90% of areas.
| Coomalie | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8. This is helped by the fact that 35.3% of people live alone, a rate far above the state average.
35.3% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coomalie, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above the national figure. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, when it sat at 22%.
18.8% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coomalie, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Coomalie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70700/coomalie/topic/family-households