2.9 ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arumbera · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arumbera
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Arumbera than in the rest of the Northern Territory. This community sees a high proportion of single parents and a notable number of people living alone. Most homes are larger than the national figure, with nearly 3 people living in the typical household.
2.9
▼ -9.4%
- 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 Arumbera — higher than 81% of areas.
| Arumbera | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0873, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 31.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.9 people, a figure that is a little above the Australian average of 2.5.
31.3% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arumbera, the largest group is 1 person at 29%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.7% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 38.8%, while couples without children account for 24.7%.
33.7% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Arumbera splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (33%), with Couples without children at 24%.
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 Arumbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70019/arumbera/topic/family-households