2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howard Springs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Howard Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Howard Springs are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. This preference for larger households is reflected in the typical home, where 2.8 people live together, a figure that sits slightly above the national average.
2.8
→ 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 Howard Springs — higher than 79% of areas.
| Howard Springs | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0835, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 17.5% of households being single-person, which is well below both the Territory and national figures. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 35.5% of the total.
17.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howard Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and much lower than most similar areas. This is a slight increase from 2011, when they represented 9.0% of families.
9.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howard Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Howard Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701031031/howard-springs/topic/family-households