2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tipperary · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families set Tipperary apart from the rest of the territory. While most homes in the area are couples with children, the typical household size is about the same as the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tipperary — higher than 50% of areas.
| Tipperary | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes in Tipperary hold 2.5 people on average, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8 and about the same as Australia.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Tipperary, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (20%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Families here are almost exclusively couples, with those raising children making up 74.4% and those without children accounting for 23.1%. This explains why one-parent families are far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Tipperary, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tipperary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70259/tipperary/topic/family-households