1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolalinga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolalinga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Coolalinga than in the rest of the Northern Territory. This gap is clear in the small typical household size, with just 1.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. It is an area where small households and single-person living are very common.
1.9
—
- 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 Coolalinga — lower than 89% of areas.
| Coolalinga | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 0839, NT | 1.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.4% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 1.9 people, which is well below the Northern Territory average of 2.8.
40.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coolalinga splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.0% of the local total, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions for this type of family among similar areas.
27.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coolalinga splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (35%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families at 28%.
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 Coolalinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70062/coolalinga/topic/family-households