2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jabiru · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jabiru
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Jabiru are occupied by just one person, making it an area where living alone is much more common than in other regions. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than both the Northern Territory and national figures.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Jabiru — lower than 71% of areas.
| Jabiru | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 0886, NT | 2.3 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 35.9% of all homes, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home in Jabiru holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
35.9% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Jabiru splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. About half of all families are couples with children, while 30.9% are couples without children.
19.6% ▲ +99.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jabiru, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70136/jabiru/topic/family-households