6.3 ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 6.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buchanan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant shift in household dynamics has seen Buchanan become a place where very large homes are the norm. The area is now defined by high numbers of children and a strong presence of single-parent households.
6.3
▲ +70.3%
- 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 Buchanan — higher than 99% of areas.
| Buchanan | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Buchanan are far more crowded than the national figure, with a typical household containing 6.3 people. This is much higher than the Northern Territory's figure of 2.8 people per home.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 37.5% of the area, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This high proportion of single parents sits alongside couples with children, who make up 54.2% of families.
37.5% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buchanan, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 41%.
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 Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70041/buchanan/topic/family-households