2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nhulunbuy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Nhulunbuy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Average household sizes in Nhulunbuy have edged down since 2011 to 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where families are the norm, with a very low number of single-parent homes.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Nhulunbuy — higher than 79% of areas.
| Nhulunbuy | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0880, NT | 3.3 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here tend to be larger than the national average, with 22.6% of households fitting four people. While 21.3% of residents live alone—a figure that rose slightly since 2011—this is still well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.3% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nhulunbuy splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 1 person at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 75.3%. Only 6.8% of families are headed by one parent, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5% and among the lowest for areas of this type.
6.8% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nhulunbuy, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next 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 Nhulunbuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702041064/nhulunbuy/topic/family-households