Sturt Plateau · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sturt Plateau

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families make Sturt Plateau a distinct outlier compared to the rest of the Northern Territory. Most households here consist of couples, with typical home sizes mirroring the national average. This creates a family structure that differs sharply from both state and national trends.

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📍 Sturt Plateau, Suburb / Locality

Where Sturt Plateau sits — Average household size

2.5 —
  • 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 Sturt Plateau — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Sturt Plateau2.5
0852, NT 4.0
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

There are 2.5 people per home in Sturt Plateau, which is about the same as the Australian figure but a little below the Northern Territory's 2.8.

2.5 —

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Sturt Plateau, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 4 people is next at 45%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families, with 56.7% being couples without children and 50% being couples with children. This helps explain why there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 17.5% seen across the Northern Territory.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Sturt Plateau, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.

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 Sturt Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70246/sturt-plateau/topic/family-households