4.7 ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 4.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nemarluk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nemarluk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly five people live in the typical home in Nemarluk, a figure far above the national average. This area is defined by very large households, with many more people living in big family groups than is common across the rest of the country.
4.7
▲ +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 Nemarluk — higher than 99% of areas.
| Nemarluk | 4.7 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, as 41.9% of households have six or more people. This helps explain why only 16.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.3% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nemarluk, the largest group is 6 or more at 46%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 75.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 19.5%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
19.5% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nemarluk, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Nemarluk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70204/nemarluk/topic/family-households