2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Larapinta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Larapinta
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of one-parent families defines the rest of the community in Larapinta compared to the rest of the country. While the typical home holds 2.7 people, over a fifth of all families are headed by a single parent.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Larapinta — higher than 71% of areas.
| Larapinta | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 0875, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 27.5% of the area.
27.0% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Larapinta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.5% of the total, which is well above both the Territory and national figures. Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 56.9%.
21.5% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Larapinta, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Larapinta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70158/larapinta/topic/family-households