2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darwin City · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Darwin City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 31% of people in Darwin City live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This means the area has a much higher proportion of single-person households than most other places. Overall, homes here are smaller and hold fewer people than those in the rest of the territory.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Darwin City — lower than 86% of areas.
| Darwin City | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Darwin City holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8. This smaller household size is driven by the high number of people living alone, a trend that has risen since 2011.
30.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darwin City, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.9% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with about 50.2% raising children and 37.4% without children.
10.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darwin City, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70101/darwin-city/topic/family-households