2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rakula · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rakula
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Rakula than in the rest of the Territory, with 32.6% of families fitting this profile. This stands out as a key feature of the area, where households tend to be larger than the national typical size.
2.7
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- 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 Rakula — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rakula | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, households here are about the same size as those in the NT and across Australia. Only 19% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rakula, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 6 or more (24%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.6% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. While this is a high proportion, the most common family type is couples without children at 60.5%.
32.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rakula, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 29%.
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 Rakula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70228/rakula/topic/family-households