2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blain · State Electorate
Family & Households in Blain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61% of families in Blain, making it a strong hub for parents. The area has larger households than most similar places, with a typical home holding nearly three people.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blain — higher than 79% of areas.
| Blain | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Blain usually hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Only 21.7% of residents live alone, a rate well below the Australian average.
21.7% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blain, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure. This figure has fallen 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
18.6% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blain, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Blain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70005/blain/topic/family-households