4.5 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4
- 2016: 4.7
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Numbulwar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Numbulwar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Numbulwar than in the rest of the country, with an average of 4.5 people per home. This reflects a community of large households and strong family ties, where few people live by themselves compared to the national norm.
4.5
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Numbulwar — higher than 99% of areas.
| Numbulwar | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded living is common here, as 38.7% of homes hold six or more people. Only 12.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 23.8%.
12.4% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Numbulwar, the largest group is 6 or more at 35%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children, though one-parent families are very common at 25.4%. This is far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
25.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Numbulwar, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Numbulwar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70213/numbulwar/topic/family-households