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.
Fannie Bay · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Fannie Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fannie Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 0820, NT | 2.4 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Fannie Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Fannie Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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