4.6 ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4
- 2016: 4.9
- 2021: 4.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunbalanya · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gunbalanya
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Gunbalanya are couples with children. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live on their own.
4.6
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Gunbalanya — higher than 99% of areas.
| Gunbalanya | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than typical Australian households, with 4.6 people per home. This is far above the national figure of 2.5, and nearly 39% of households contain six or more people.
14.0% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gunbalanya, the largest group is 6 or more at 39%, followed by 1 person (14%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.9% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This high proportion is among the highest for similar areas.
23.9% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gunbalanya, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Gunbalanya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70115/gunbalanya/topic/family-households