3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Herbert · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Herbert
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the usual for Herbert, making it a place where households are much larger than in most areas. This high number is driven by a strong presence of families, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Herbert — higher than 86% of areas.
| Herbert | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 0836, NT | 3.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.6% of people live alone here, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than average, with 30% housing two people and 20.2% holding four.
15.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Herbert, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 68.4%. One-parent families are uncommon at 7.8%, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and national rates.
7.8% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Herbert, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; 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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70123/herbert/topic/family-households