2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Araluen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than six in ten families in Araluen have children, making it a place where larger households are common. This creates a domestic environment where the typical home is busier than the national norm, with nearly three people living in each dwelling.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Araluen — higher than 76% of areas.
| Araluen | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0870, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 21.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
21.7% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Araluen, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.7% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.8%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
14.8% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Araluen, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children 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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70015/araluen/topic/family-households