2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Desert Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Desert Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher number of people share each home in Desert Springs than in most other areas. This is a family-focused community where 66% of households are couples with children, leading to a typical household size that is larger than the national figure.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Desert Springs — higher than 76% of areas.
| Desert Springs | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0870, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per house, which is a little above the Australian figure. Only 18.7% of people live alone, a rate well below both the territory and national averages.
18.7% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Desert Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 66%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.3%, which is far below the Northern Territory average and well below the national figure.
5.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Desert Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Desert Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70078/desert-springs/topic/family-households