2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Adelaide River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Adelaide River, where the typical home holds only 2.2 people. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8, reflecting a community where a large number of residents live independently.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Adelaide River — lower than 76% of areas.
| Adelaide River | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 0846, NT | 2.2 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than a third of residents (33.9%) live alone, which is far above the Northern Territory average of 23.8%. This helps explain why the area has fewer people per home than most other regions.
33.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Adelaide River, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 42.9%. One-parent families account for 16.9% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adelaide River, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70002/adelaide-river/topic/family-households