2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Virginia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Virginia than in most similar areas, making it a place where larger households are the norm. The typical home here holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Virginia — higher than 81% of areas.
| Virginia | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0834, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 34% of households consist of two people, while 20% have four. Only 17.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and national averages.
17.5% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.6%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5%.
10.7% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Virginia, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70274/virginia/topic/family-households