3.2 ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Belyuen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Belyuen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of families in Belyuen are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where large households are common and few people live alone.
3.2
▼ -23.8%
- 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 Belyuen — higher than 89% of areas.
| Belyuen | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Belyuen are typically crowded, with 3.2 people per dwelling, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 19.6% of people live alone, a rate well below both the territory and national averages.
19.6% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Belyuen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 3 people (30%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.1% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children account for 27.5% of families, while 22.5% are couples without children.
39.1% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.4%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Belyuen, the largest group is One-parent families at 41%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and Couples without children (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 Belyuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70028/belyuen/topic/family-households