2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tumbling Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tumbling Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the homes in Tumbling Waters are run by couples with children, making it a family-heavy area. The typical household size is 2.7 people, which is higher than in most similar areas across the country.
2.7
—
- 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 Tumbling Waters — higher than 71% of areas.
| Tumbling Waters | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people (38.8%), though 21.3% of homes have four people living in them.
21.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tumbling Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 20.8% of families here, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.3%.
20.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tumbling Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Tumbling Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70266/tumbling-waters/topic/family-households