3.3 ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Timber Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Timber Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes and a high number of single parents shape daily life in Timber Creek. The area is far more likely to have large households than most other places, with the typical home holding 3.3 people.
3.3
▼ -5.7%
- 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 Timber Creek — higher than 91% of areas.
| Timber Creek | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Timber Creek are often large, with 24% of households containing six or more people. At the same time, 34% of residents live alone, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 23.8%.
34.0% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Timber Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 33%, followed by 6 or more (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent homes are very common here, making up 25.6% of all families. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
25.6% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Timber Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Timber Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70257/timber-creek/topic/family-households