2.2 —
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0874, NT · Postcode
Family & Households in 0874, NT
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in postcode 0874 than in the rest of the Northern Territory. This gap is striking, with 41.9% of households consisting of just one person. Overall, homes here are smaller and more likely to be single-person dwellings than the national average.
2.2
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- 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 0874, NT — lower than 79% of areas.
| 0874, NT | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Alice Springs | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common, making up 41.9% of the total and rising 11 points since 2016. Because of this, the typical home in the area holds 2.2 people, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8.
41.9% —
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 0874, NT, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 64% of the total, while one-parent families are very rare at 3.3%. This is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia and represents a slight fall since 2016.
3.3% —
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 0874, NT, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 0874, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0874/0874-nt/topic/family-households