3.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nitmiluk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nitmiluk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more than the national average of 14.1%, one-parent families make up 34.5% of households in Nitmiluk. This high number of single-parent homes contributes to an area where households are often larger and more crowded than usual.
3.4
→ 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 Nitmiluk — higher than 93% of areas.
| Nitmiluk | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than most, with 3.4 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. Interestingly, this exists alongside a high number of people living alone, who make up 32.1% of households.
32.1% ▲ +55.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nitmiluk, the largest group is 1 person at 32%, followed by 6 or more (23%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families represent 34.5% of the total. This proportion is far above the 17.5% seen across the Northern Territory.
34.5% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nitmiluk, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (34%) and Couples without children (15%).
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 Nitmiluk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70211/nitmiluk/topic/family-households