Finniss Valley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Finniss Valley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Finniss Valley, where 42.3% of homes follow this pattern. This sparsely populated area has a small typical household size and a high number of people living on their own compared to other regions.

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📍 Finniss Valley, Suburb / Locality

Where Finniss Valley sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Finniss Valley — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Finniss Valley2.2
0822, NT 3.8
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 34.6% of people here live alone, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 23.8%. Because of this, the typical home in Finniss Valley holds 2.2 people, which is well below the territory average of 2.8.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.6%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 36.4%
  • 2021: 34.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Finniss Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.4%. Only 8.9% of families are headed by one parent, a figure that is well below both the national average and the Northern Territory's 17.5%.

8.9%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Finniss Valley splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Finniss Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70100/finniss-valley/topic/family-households