2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Johnston · State Electorate
Family & Households in Johnston
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent homes shapes daily life in Johnston, where 18.9% of families fit this description. Most households are small to medium-sized, though the area sees more people per home than most similar places.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Johnston — higher than 57% of areas.
| Johnston | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Johnston holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While 24.6% of residents live alone—a figure that has risen slightly since 2011—the most common household size is two people (31.7%).
24.6% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Johnston, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 56.0% of the area. One-parent families represent 18.9% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
18.9% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Johnston, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Johnston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70015/johnston/topic/family-households