2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in Southport, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has much smaller households than typical Australian suburbs. Most homes here are small, with just two people living in them.
2.2
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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 Southport — lower than 76% of areas.
| Southport | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Southport has only 2.2 people, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8. This is driven by the fact that 39.4% of people live alone, one of the highest rates for any similar area.
39.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southport splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 19.7% of families are one-parent households, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. More than half of all families here consist of couples with children.
19.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southport, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children 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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70242/southport/topic/family-households