Noonamah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Noonamah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Noonamah than in most similar areas, with 37.8% of households consisting of just one person. This results in smaller homes overall, as the typical household size is well below the Northern Territory average.

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📍 Noonamah, Suburb / Locality

Where Noonamah sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -21.4%
  • 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 Noonamah — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Noonamah2.2
0837, NT 2.5
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.2 people per home, households here are smaller than the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which are far more common here than across the rest of the country.

2.2 ▼ -21.4%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.8% ▲ +83.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.6%
  • 2016: 30.5%
  • 2021: 37.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Noonamah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

About half of families in Noonamah are couples with children, while 34.3% are couples without. One-parent families make up 15.7% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average.

15.7% ▼ -6.9%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 15.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Noonamah, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Noonamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70212/noonamah/topic/family-households