3.8 ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elsey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Elsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Elsey, where 55.4% of families fit this description. It is a place of large households, with the typical home holding 3.8 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.8
▼ -7.3%
- 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 Elsey — higher than 99% of areas.
| Elsey | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Elsey is much larger than those in most other areas, though the 3.8 people per home is slightly down from 4.1 in 2011. While 21.6% of people live alone—which is well below the Australian figure—over a quarter of all households contain six or more people.
21.6% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elsey, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 2 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here, making up 24.2% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high proportion of single-parent homes has remained steady since 2011.
24.2% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elsey, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Elsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702051065/elsey/topic/family-households