3.8 ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
MacDonnell · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in MacDonnell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in MacDonnell than in most of the country, with a typical home holding 3.8 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where large households are the norm.
3.8
▼ -5.0%
- 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 MacDonnell — higher than 99% of areas.
| MacDonnell | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the region, with 28.1% of households containing six or more people. While the number of people living alone has risen to 23.9% since 2011, this remains a little below the Australian average.
23.9% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →MacDonnell splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 2 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This high proportion is a standout feature of the area and has risen slightly since 2011.
28.3% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In MacDonnell, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 28%.
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 MacDonnell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72330/macdonnell/topic/family-households