2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sanderson · State Electorate
Family & Households in Sanderson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Sanderson have remained steady at 2.8 people per home since 2011. This is much higher than most areas and sits slightly above the national figure. The community is largely made up of families, with few people living on their own.
2.8
→ 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 Sanderson — higher than 79% of areas.
| Sanderson | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.4% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This low rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household is larger than in most other areas.
18.4% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sanderson, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.4%. One-parent families represent 16.9% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian average.
16.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sanderson, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Sanderson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70023/sanderson/topic/family-households