Venn · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Venn

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Venn than in most other Australian areas. This community is defined by a strong presence of couples, with nearly 60% of families being couples with children. While most homes follow national patterns, there is a notably high number of people living on their own.

Open map →
📍 Venn, Suburb / Locality

Where Venn sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -13.8%
  • 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 Venn — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Venn2.5
0852, NT 4.0
Northern Territory 2.8
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28.6% of people in Venn live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home contains 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Australia.

2.5 ▼ -13.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.6% ▲ +56.0%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.3%
  • 2021: 28.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

Venn splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

No one-parent families were recorded here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Instead, the area is dominated by couples, with 58% raising children and 36.2% without.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Venn, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 38%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Venn

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Venn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70271/venn/topic/family-households