4.0 ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
APY Lands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in APY Lands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Four people per home is the typical arrangement in APY Lands, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This area is defined by large households and a very high proportion of families with children.
4.0
▲ +5.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is APY Lands — higher than 99% of areas.
| APY Lands | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded living is common here, with nearly 30% of homes holding six or more people. Very few people live alone (17.5%), a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
17.5% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In APY Lands, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.9% of the area, which is far above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. More than half of all families are couples with children.
26.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In APY Lands, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families 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 APY Lands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021138/apy-lands/topic/family-households