3.5 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0854, NT · Postcode
Family & Households in 0854, NT
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in postcode 0854 than in the rest of the country. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure.
3.5
▼ -10.3%
- 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 0854, NT — higher than 99% of areas.
| 0854, NT | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Roper Gulf | 4.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the region, though the usual number of people per home has fallen from 3.9 in 2011 to 3.5. About 22.8% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
22.8% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →0854, NT splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (23%), with 6 or more at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.5% of the area, which is far above the Northern Territory average and has risen by 6 points since 2011. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
28.5% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 0854, NT, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 29%.
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 0854, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0854/0854-nt/topic/family-households