2.8 ▼ -3.4%
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northern Territory · State / Territory
Family & Households in Northern Territory
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in the Northern Territory than in the rest of Australia. This region has a distinct family structure, where larger households are common and people are much less likely to live alone compared to other states.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 2.4: 3 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 1 area
- 2.7: 0 areas
- 2.8: 1 area
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Northern Territory.
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the Northern Territory are larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 23.8% of people live alone, which is much lower than most other areas.
23.8% ▲ +8.8%
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northern Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 17.5% of families here, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.3%.
17.5% ▲ +1.7%
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Territory, 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 Northern Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/7/northern-territory/topic/family-households