4.4 ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 4.3
- 2021: 4.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Santa Teresa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Santa Teresa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live together in Santa Teresa than in the rest of the country, with an average of 4.4 people per home. This is a community of large households and many children, where nearly 40% of homes hold six or more people.
4.4
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Santa Teresa — higher than 99% of areas.
| Santa Teresa | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than those in the Northern Territory or Australia, which helps explain why only 20.7% of residents live alone. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.7% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Santa Teresa, the largest group is 6 or more at 38%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 2 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.5% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Over half of all families are couples with children.
32.5% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Santa Teresa, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 32%.
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 Santa Teresa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70239/santa-teresa/topic/family-households