2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alligator · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Alligator
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Alligator, where homes typically hold only 2.2 people. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8, reflecting a community with a high number of people living on their own.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Alligator — lower than 86% of areas.
| Alligator | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.1% of people live alone, which is well above both the Territory and national figures. This high rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size has fallen since 2011.
33.1% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alligator, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the area, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is now well above the national average. Couples with and without children are almost equal in number, each representing about 40% of families.
18.1% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Alligator splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families 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 Alligator [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031057/alligator/topic/family-households