3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Girraween
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Girraween than in most other areas, creating a community where large households are the norm. With 3.1 people per home, the area is geared toward families and multi-person living rather than those living alone.
3.1
→ 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 Girraween — higher than 88% of areas.
| Girraween | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 0836, NT | 3.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 3.1 people per household. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 12.7%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
12.7% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Girraween, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.8%. Only 8.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and national rates.
8.5% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Girraween, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70110/girraween/topic/family-households