2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rum Jungle · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rum Jungle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Rum Jungle, where the typical home is smaller than average. The area is sparsely populated and lacks one-parent families entirely, creating a distinct demographic profile where nearly half of all households consist of just one person.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Rum Jungle — lower than 81% of areas.
| Rum Jungle | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 42.3% of people live alone, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 23.8%. This explains why the usual household size of 2.1 people is well below the territory average of 2.8.
42.3% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rum Jungle splits fairly evenly between 1 person (44%) and 2 people (44%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 58.5% of families here. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rum Jungle, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Rum Jungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70236/rum-jungle/topic/family-households