2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howard Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Howard Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Howard Springs than in most other areas, with 2.9 people living in the typical home. This is a place where families are the norm, and very few people live by themselves.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Howard Springs — higher than 81% of areas.
| Howard Springs | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0835, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.8% of homes are occupied by a single person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people (35.1%), though larger homes are frequent with 19.4% containing four people.
15.8% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howard Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 60.7%. Only 9.2% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the Northern Territory average of 17.5%.
9.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howard Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Howard Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70129/howard-springs/topic/family-households