2.9 ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 4.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spillett · State Electorate
Family & Households in Spillett
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Spillett than in most other areas, with only 15.3% of households being single-person homes. This contributes to larger households across the board, with the typical home holding 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▼ -25.6%
- 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 Spillett — higher than 86% of areas.
| Spillett | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Spillett are larger than the Australian average, though the number of people per home has dropped from 3.9 in 2011 to 2.9. Two-person households are the most common at 29.5%.
15.3% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Spillett, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 68% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.2%, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5%.
11.2% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spillett, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Spillett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70024/spillett/topic/family-households