4.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 4.1
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Arnhem · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in East Arnhem
How families and households are made up across the area.
Four people per home is the typical arrangement in East Arnhem, making it one of the most crowded areas for households. This high density is driven by a large number of big families and very few people living on their own.
4.0
→ 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 East Arnhem — higher than 99% of areas.
| East Arnhem | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 15.8% of households being single person, which is well below the national figure. This helps explain why homes are so large, with 25.9% of households containing six or more people.
15.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Arnhem, the largest group is 6 or more at 26%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.6% of the area, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 60.0% of the total.
25.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Arnhem, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70204/east-arnhem/topic/family-households