2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karama · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karama
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Karama, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This suburb is particularly noted for its high number of single-parent families, which is well above the rates seen across the Northern Territory and Australia.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Karama — higher than 81% of areas.
| Karama | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0812, NT | 2.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 26.6% of households containing two people and 22.3% just one. This means far fewer people live alone here compared to the Australian figure of 25.6%.
22.3% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Karama splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.9% of the community, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 58.2% of households.
22.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karama, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families 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 Karama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70143/karama/topic/family-households