3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Katherine · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Katherine
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have been living together in the same home in Katherine since 2011, though the typical household size has edged down slightly to 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking Katherine as an area where homes are generally much more crowded than in most of Australia.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Katherine — higher than 99% of areas.
| Katherine | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded homes are common here, with 15.8% of households holding six or more people. This helps explain why only 22.1% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
22.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Katherine, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 6 or more (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.2% of the local total, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and has risen since 2011. This is well above the national rate of 14.1%.
21.2% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Katherine, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70205/katherine/topic/family-households