3.9 ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.1
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arafura · State Electorate
Family & Households in Arafura
How families and households are made up across the area.
The typical household size in Arafura has edged down since 2011 to 3.9 people. This is a very crowded living environment by national standards, where large family groups are common and people living alone are rare.
3.9
▼ -4.9%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Arafura — higher than 99% of areas.
| Arafura | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded homes are the norm here, with 28.4% of households containing six or more people. This means the typical home is well above the national figure of 2.5 people, while only 18.4% of residents live alone.
18.4% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arafura, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 2 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.9% of the area, a figure that is well above both the Territory and national averages. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 59.1% of the total.
21.9% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arafura, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Arafura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70001/arafura/topic/family-households