2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rapid Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rapid Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of homes in Rapid Creek are occupied by a single person, reflecting a community with a high number of solo dwellers. While many households consist of couples with children, there is a notable presence of people living on their own compared to the rest of the territory.
2.4
→ 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 Rapid Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rapid Creek | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 0810, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This is partly because 30.2% of residents live alone, a rate well above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
30.2% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rapid Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children (56.5%). One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas, though this is well below the Northern Territory average.
13.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rapid Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70231/rapid-creek/topic/family-households