2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sturt Plateau · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sturt Plateau — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sturt Plateau | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Sturt Plateau, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 4 people is next at 45%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sturt Plateau, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.
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