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.
Roper Gulf · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Roper Gulf
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Roper Gulf are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is marked by very large households, with a typical home holding 4.1 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5.
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 Roper Gulf — higher than 99% of areas.
| Roper Gulf | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 32.7% holding six or more people and only 17.9% of people living alone. This low rate of single-person households is well below both the territory and national figures.
17.9% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Roper Gulf, the largest group is 6 or more at 33%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
25.0% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roper Gulf, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Roper Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA73600/roper-gulf/topic/family-households