2.4 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petermann · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Petermann
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Petermann, which is well above the national figure. This sparsely populated area has a varied mix of household sizes, though one-parent families are much more common here than in most other parts of the country.
2.4
▼ -27.3%
- 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 Petermann — lower than 57% of areas.
| Petermann | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure. While nearly 30% of residents live alone, a significant 22.2% of households are large, with six or more people.
29.6% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Petermann splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 6 or more at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average. More than half of all families are couples with children, while 37% are couples without children.
19.6% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petermann, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Petermann [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70222/petermann/topic/family-households