4.5 ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warruwi · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Warruwi
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Warruwi are couples with children, making it a community focused on family life. Homes here are much larger than usual, with the typical household holding 4.5 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5.
4.5
▼ -19.6%
- 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 Warruwi — higher than 99% of areas.
| Warruwi | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded living is common here, as 34.1% of homes hold six or more people. Only 10.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the national rate of 25.6%.
10.6% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warruwi, the largest group is 6 or more at 39%, followed by 2 people (15%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common, with one-parent families making up 26.1% of the total. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 17.5% and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
26.1% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warruwi, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Warruwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70281/warruwi/topic/family-households