3.5 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gwoja · State Electorate
Family & Households in Gwoja
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes and a high number of single-parent families make Gwoja stand out from most similar areas. The typical home holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. These larger households exist alongside a high number of people living alone.
3.5
▲ +40.0%
- 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 Gwoja — higher than 99% of areas.
| Gwoja | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Gwoja has 3.5 people, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Northern Territory average. While 25.4% of homes hold six or more people, 31.7% of residents live alone, which is much higher than in most areas.
31.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gwoja, the largest group is 1 person at 32%, followed by 6 or more (25%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.7% of the community, a figure that is far above the Australian average and has risen by 11 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 56%.
25.7% ▲ +75.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gwoja, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Gwoja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70014/gwoja/topic/family-households