2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norfolk Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norfolk Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Norfolk Island than across Australia. This trend makes the island's households smaller than the national typical, with 38.1% of homes containing just one person. The area is mostly made up of small households and couples, both with and without children.
2.1
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- 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 Norfolk Island — lower than 81% of areas.
| Norfolk Island | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2899, OT | 2.1 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes on the island are smaller than usual, with 2.1 people per home compared to 2.5 nationally. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which make up 38.1% of all dwellings.
38.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Norfolk Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 40.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most other Australian areas.
12.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norfolk Island, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Norfolk Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90004/norfolk-island/topic/family-households