2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mataranka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mataranka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define Mataranka. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, about a third of all households consist of just one person.
2.6
→ 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 Mataranka — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mataranka | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes make up 32.7% of the total, which is well above the 23.8% seen across the Northern Territory. This is a high figure compared to most areas, though the overall number of people per home is about the same as the national figure.
32.7% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mataranka splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families, while those without children account for 39.3%. Only 8.9% are one-parent families, which is well below the 14.1% average for Australia.
8.9% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mataranka, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70179/mataranka/topic/family-households