3.3 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0880, NT · Postcode
Family & Households in 0880, NT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define postcode 0880, where the typical home holds 3.3 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. While the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011, the area remains a place of large family groups.
3.3
▼ -2.9%
- 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 0880, NT — higher than 99% of areas.
| 0880, NT | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| East Arnhem | 4.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 12.3% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why only 19.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
19.5% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →0880, NT splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 4 people (20%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.4%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 17.6% of the total.
17.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 0880, NT, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 0880, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0880/0880-nt/topic/family-households