3.4 ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tiwi Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Tiwi Islands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of daily life in the Tiwi Islands, where the typical household has 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. The area is also marked by a high number of single-parent families, who make up over a quarter of all households.
3.4
▼ -15.0%
- 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 Tiwi Islands — higher than 99% of areas.
| Tiwi Islands | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.4 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas, though this has fallen from 4.0 in 2011. Only 19.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
19.2% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tiwi Islands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (19%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. This proportion has risen by 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
25.4% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tiwi Islands, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031060/tiwi-islands/topic/family-households