4.2 ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 4.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tanami
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become more common in Tanami, where the typical home now holds 4.2 people. This is far above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
4.2
▼ -14.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tanami — higher than 99% of areas.
| Tanami | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| 6770, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 4.2 people per home, Tanami has some of the largest households in the region. Only 16% of people live alone, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
16.0% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tanami, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 64.9% of the total.
21.8% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tanami, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51433/tanami/topic/family-households