3.2 ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barkly · State Electorate
Family & Households in Barkly
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Barkly than in the rest of the country, reaching 27%. This is a community where homes are often crowded, though the typical number of people per household has dipped slightly since 2011.
3.2
▼ -8.6%
- 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 Barkly — higher than 99% of areas.
| Barkly | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Barkly has some of the largest households in the region, with 3.2 people per home—well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Despite this, 27.4% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
27.4% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barkly splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 2 people (25%), with 6 or more at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a rise of 3.4 points over the last decade, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 53.8%.
27.0% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barkly, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/family-households