3.8 ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 4.1
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elliott
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking gap exists between Elliott and the rest of the country, with a typical household here holding nearly 4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking the area as a place where large, family-based living is the norm.
3.8
▼ -2.6%
- 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 Elliott — higher than 99% of areas.
| Elliott | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 0862, NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Elliott are much larger than usual, with an average of 3.8 people per dwelling. This is well above the Northern Territory average of 2.8, and only 14.7% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure.
14.7% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elliott splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (21%) and 3 people (20%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.7% of the total, a figure far above both the national average and the Territory's 17.5%. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
36.7% ▲ +59.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elliott, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 37%.
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 Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70091/elliott/topic/family-households