2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Namatjira · State Electorate
Family & Households in Namatjira
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Namatjira than in other parts of the country. This trend has surged recently, with one-parent homes rising 14 points since 2011. While the area has a high number of people living alone, many homes remain crowded.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Namatjira — higher than 79% of areas.
| Namatjira | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.8 people live in each home, which is much higher than most areas. This is partly offset by a rise in people living alone, which grew to 28.1% since 2011.
28.1% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Namatjira splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.3% of the total, a figure well above the national average. This is a significant increase from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.3%.
22.3% ▲ +156.3%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Namatjira, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Namatjira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70019/namatjira/topic/family-households