3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baines · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Baines
How families and households are made up across the area.
Some of the largest households in the region are found in Baines, where an average of 3.2 people live in each home. This reflects a community where large family groups are common, contrasting with the smaller typical household sizes seen across Australia.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Baines — higher than 89% of areas.
| Baines | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are well above the national figure for size, with 3.2 people per dwelling. While 25.5% of people live alone—similar to the Australian average—about 21.6% of households contain six or more people.
25.5% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Baines splits fairly evenly between 1 person (22%) and 2 people (18%), with 6 or more at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 63.1% of the family group.
25.0% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Baines, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next 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 Baines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70021/baines/topic/family-households