4.1 ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 4.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arnhem · State Electorate
Family & Households in Arnhem
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Arnhem have fallen since 2011, though they remain very large. The typical home now holds 4.1 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where large families are common and people living alone are rare.
4.1
▼ -16.3%
- 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 Arnhem — higher than 99% of areas.
| Arnhem | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 4.1 people per home, Arnhem has some of the highest household densities in the region. Only 14.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national average. Large homes are common, with 27.6% of households containing six or more people.
14.4% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arnhem, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 2 people (19%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 60.3% of the total. One-parent families account for 21.9%, a figure that is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages, though this has fallen since 2011.
21.9% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arnhem, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70003/arnhem/topic/family-households