2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rapid Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rapid Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of homes in Rapid Creek are occupied by a single person, making it a place with a high number of solo dwellers. While the typical household size remains steady at 2.4 people, the area sees more people living alone than is common across the Territory and the rest of Australia.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Rapid Creek — lower than 64% of areas.
| Rapid Creek | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 0810, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone have increased to 30.2% since 2011, a figure well above the Northern Territory and national levels. Most homes contain either one or two people, and the typical household size of 2.4 has barely changed in a decade.
30.2% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rapid Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.5%, while one-parent families account for 13.7%. This proportion of single-parent homes is around the middle for similar areas and is well below the Northern Territory average.
13.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rapid Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021026/rapid-creek/topic/family-households