2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Katherine · State Electorate
Family & Households in Katherine
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than most areas defines Katherine, where these households make up 18.1% of the community. The area sees a mix of family types, though the typical home is larger than the national figure. This trend has remained steady over the last decade.
2.7
→ 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 Katherine — higher than 71% of areas.
| Katherine | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in each home, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Roughly a quarter of the population lives alone, which is about the same as the national figure.
24.9% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Katherine, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the community, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen 1.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.7%.
18.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Katherine, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/family-households