2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Larrakeyah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Larrakeyah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has shaped Larrakeyah since 2011. The area now sees many more people living alone than the national average, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Larrakeyah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Larrakeyah | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 0820, NT | 2.4 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 37.4% of homes holding two people and 28.4% holding just one. This means the typical home is smaller than those in the Northern Territory and Australia.
28.4% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Larrakeyah, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.6% of families, while one-parent families are much less common at 6.1%. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5%.
6.1% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Larrakeyah, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Larrakeyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70159/larrakeyah/topic/family-households