2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Litchfield · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Litchfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Litchfield are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the dominant household type. This preference for family living is reflected in the large typical home size, which has remained steady since 2011.
2.8
→ 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 Litchfield — higher than 87% of areas.
| Litchfield | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here hold typically 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with the fact that very few people live alone—just 19.1%, which is well below both the Territory and Australian averages.
19.1% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Litchfield, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory average of 17.5%.
11.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Litchfield, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children 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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72300/litchfield/topic/family-households