2.9 ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Johnston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Johnston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.3% of the homes in Johnston, making it a primary hub for families. This is a place where households are larger than the national typical, with fewer people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -42.0%
- 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 Johnston — higher than 81% of areas.
| Johnston | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0832, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households in Johnston are a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.3% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Johnston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 3 people (23%), with 4 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.9% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Johnston, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Johnston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70139/johnston/topic/family-households