2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0846, NT · Postcode
Family & Households in 0846, NT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households are the norm in postcode 0846 compared to most other areas. This is a place where people are far more likely to live alone than in the rest of the Territory, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 0846, NT — lower than 79% of areas.
| 0846, NT | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Coomalie | 2.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the average number of people per home has fallen to 2.2, a figure well below the Northern Territory average.
33.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 0846, NT, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the area, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is a little above the national average, while couples without children are the most common family type at 42.9%.
16.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 0846, NT, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 0846, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0846/0846-nt/topic/family-households