2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Durack
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Durack than in the rest of Australia. This is a place where most households are larger than the national figure, with a strong focus on families with children.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Durack — higher than 76% of areas.
| Durack | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0830, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically more crowded than in most areas, with 2.8 people per home. This helps explain why only 15.3% of people live alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.3% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Durack, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most of the area's families are couples with children, who make up 64% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5%.
12.2% ▲ +62.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Durack, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70084/durack/topic/family-households