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Warakurna · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Warakurna

How families and households are made up across the area.

Crowded homes are common in Warakurna, where the typical household has 3.9 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live alone and large family groups are the norm.

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📍 Warakurna, Suburb / Locality

Where Warakurna sits — Average household size

3.9 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warakurna — higher than 99% of areas.

Warakurna3.9
0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 3.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Over half of all homes have five or more people, with 31.7% housing six or more residents. Only 14.6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

Household size

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In Warakurna, the largest group is 6 or more at 27%, followed by 5 people (19%) and 2 people (17%).

6 or more 31.7% 5 people 22.0% 2 people 19.5% 4 people 17.1% 1 person 14.6% 3 people 12.2%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 45% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are also common, accounting for 41.6% of families.

Family composition

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Warakurna splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (45%) and Couples with children (41%), with Couples without children at 12%.

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 Warakurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51528/warakurna/topic/family-households