2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Unincorporated NT · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Unincorporated NT
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Unincorporated NT live alone, making it an area where single-person households are far more common than in most other parts of the country. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size of 2.4 people, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Unincorporated NT — lower than 57% of areas.
| Unincorporated NT | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of people live by themselves, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. The typical household size has edged down since 2011, with 30.2% of homes now housing two people.
32.7% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Unincorporated NT splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.4%, while one-parent families are very rare. At 7.5%, the share of single-parent homes is far below the Northern Territory average of 17.5%.
7.5% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Unincorporated NT, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 Unincorporated NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA79399/unincorporated-nt/topic/family-households