2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drysdale · State Electorate
Family & Households in Drysdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in single-person homes and one-parent families has shifted the social makeup of Drysdale since 2011. Over the last decade, the number of people living alone jumped 12 percentage points, while one-parent families rose by 15 points. These changes have contributed to a drop in the typical number of people per home, which now sits at 2.5.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Drysdale — lower than 57% of areas.
| Drysdale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 28.2% of households, which is higher than most areas and well above the Northern Territory figure. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, this is a little below the territory average and has fallen since 2011.
28.2% ▲ +71.2%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Drysdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 27.3% of the local mix, a figure that is far above the national average and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.2%.
27.3% ▲ +113.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drysdale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Drysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70010/drysdale/topic/family-households