3.9 ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 3.9
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hermannsburg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hermannsburg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Hermannsburg since 2011, with 3.9 people now living in the typical home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where big families are the norm.
3.9
▼ -11.4%
- 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 Hermannsburg — higher than 99% of areas.
| Hermannsburg | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than those in the rest of the country. About 31.1% of households have six or more people, while only 23.5% of residents live alone, which is a little below the Australian figure.
23.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hermannsburg, the largest group is 6 or more at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 2 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here differ sharply from the national trend, with one-parent families making up 25.2% of the total. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above the rest of the Territory.
25.2% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hermannsburg, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70124/hermannsburg/topic/family-households