3.9 ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1
- 2016: 4.3
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yuendumu · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yuendumu
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Yuendumu than in the rest of the country, with a typical household holding 3.9 people. This gap is most visible in the high number of large families and a significantly higher proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the Northern Territory.
3.9
▼ -4.9%
- 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 Yuendumu — higher than 99% of areas.
| Yuendumu | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with nearly 29% of households containing six or more people. This puts Yuendumu well above the Australian typical of 2.5 people per home.
21.3% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yuendumu, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 2 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 30.5% of the community, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 52.6% of the total.
30.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yuendumu, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 30%.
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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70301/yuendumu/topic/family-households