2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Casuarina · State Electorate
Family & Households in Casuarina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 20% of people live alone in Casuarina, a figure well below both the territory and national averages. This makes it a place where most residents live in shared households. The area is dominated by families, with nearly 65% being couples with children.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Casuarina — higher than 86% of areas.
| Casuarina | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly more crowded than the national figure, with 2.9 people per home on average. This is among the highest for similar areas and has edged up since 2011. About 29% of households consist of two people.
19.2% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Casuarina, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12% of the total, which is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 17.5%. This figure has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
12.0% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Casuarina, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children 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 Casuarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70008/casuarina/topic/family-households