1.6 —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darwin Waterfront Precinct · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Darwin Waterfront Precinct
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in the Darwin Waterfront Precinct are occupied by just one person, making it one of the most single-person-heavy areas in the region. This creates a landscape where small households are the norm, with very few large families living here.
1.6
—
- 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 Darwin Waterfront Precinct — lower than 99% of areas.
| Darwin Waterfront Precinct | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has only 1.6 people, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8. This is driven by the 50% of residents who live alone, a rate far above both the territory and national figures.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darwin Waterfront Precinct, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 39%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units here are mostly couples without children, who make up 63.6% of the mix. Only 4.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
4.9% —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darwin Waterfront Precinct, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Darwin Waterfront Precinct [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA71150/darwin-waterfront-precinct/topic/family-households