2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmerston · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Palmerston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Palmerston, where 2.8 people live in the typical home. This is a family-heavy region with a notably low proportion of people living alone compared to both the Territory and the rest of Australia.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Palmerston — higher than 86% of areas.
| Palmerston | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are more crowded than the national figure, with 2.8 people per dwelling. Only 20.7% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia, although this figure has risen since 2011.
20.7% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmerston, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 61.9%. One-parent families represent 17.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmerston, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70104/palmerston/topic/family-households