3.1 ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ghan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ghan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Ghan consist of two people, making this the most common living arrangement. The area is sparsely populated and features larger home groups than the national figure, with very few people living by themselves.
3.1
▲ +29.2%
- 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 Ghan — higher than 88% of areas.
| Ghan | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per house compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 13.6% of people living alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ghan, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.2% of families, while those without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families represent 14.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Northern Territory average.
14.5% ▲ —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ghan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Ghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70108/ghan/topic/family-households