2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gillen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gillen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Gillen than in most other areas, with 19.2% of families fitting this description. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While the typical home size is similar to the rest of the country, the area has a notable concentration of single-parent households.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gillen — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gillen | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 0870, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gillen typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. About 22.8% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.8% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gillen, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, making up 55.5% of the total. One-parent families are a little above the Northern Territory average at 19.2%.
19.2% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gillen, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Gillen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70109/gillen/topic/family-households