Litchfield Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Litchfield Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 60.9% of families in Litchfield Park, marking it as a primary hub for family life. This is a small community where homes are typically smaller than the national average, with only 2.2 people living in the usual household.

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📍 Litchfield Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Litchfield Park sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Litchfield Park — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Litchfield Park2.2
0822, NT 3.8
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.2 people per home, households here are smaller than in most other areas. This figure is well below the Northern Territory average of 2.8 and a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.0
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Litchfield Park, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below both the Northern Territory (17.5%) and Australia (14.1%) rates. Families are almost exclusively couples, with 60.9% having children and another 60.9% without.

Family composition

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Litchfield Park splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Litchfield Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70164/litchfield-park/topic/family-households