3.8 ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barunga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barunga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are common in Barunga, where the typical home holds 3.8 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where many families live together in a single dwelling.
3.8
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Barunga — higher than 99% of areas.
| Barunga | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 26.3% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why the area is well above the Territory average for people per home, while only 22.5% of residents live alone.
22.5% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barunga splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (24%) and 1 person (21%), with 5 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 39.2% of the total. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%, though couples with children remain the largest group at 48.5%.
39.2% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barunga, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (40%) and Couples without children (10%).
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 Barunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70023/barunga/topic/family-households