Fannie Bay · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Fannie Bay

How families and households are made up across the area.

Smaller home sizes and a high number of single-person dwellings define daily life in Fannie Bay. While most homes contain just two people, the area has a notably high proportion of residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Fannie Bay, Suburb / Locality

Where Fannie Bay sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Fannie Bay — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Fannie Bay2.3
0820, NT 2.4
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.8% of people live alone in Fannie Bay, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.8% ▲ +5.0%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.4%
  • 2016: 27.0%
  • 2021: 30.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Fannie Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.5%, while one-parent families account for 10.8%. This last figure is well below the 17.5% seen across the Northern Territory.

10.8% ▲ +0.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 10.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Fannie Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Fannie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70097/fannie-bay/topic/family-households