4.8 ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 5.3
- 2021: 4.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wadeye · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wadeye
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly five people per home make Wadeye an area with some of the largest households in the region. This high density is driven by a strong presence of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
4.8
▼ -2.0%
- 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 Wadeye — higher than 99% of areas.
| Wadeye | 4.8 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wadeye holds 4.8 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. Large homes are common, with 39.8% of households containing six or more people, while only 11.8% of residents live alone.
11.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wadeye, the largest group is 6 or more at 40%, followed by 2 people (15%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, with couples with children making up 64.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 25.2% of the mix, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
25.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wadeye, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Wadeye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70275/wadeye/topic/family-households