4.0 ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mulka · State Electorate
Family & Households in Mulka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60% of families in Mulka. This is a place where homes are typically very full, with far more people per household than the national average. Most residents live in larger family groups rather than on their own.
4.0
▲ +8.1%
- 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 Mulka — higher than 99% of areas.
| Mulka | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 4.0 people per home, Mulka has some of the highest household sizes in the region. This is far above the Australian figure of 2.5, while those living alone have dropped to 16.5% since 2011.
16.5% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mulka, the largest group is 6 or more at 27%, followed by 2 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.8% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
26.8% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mulka, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Mulka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70018/mulka/topic/family-households