4.4 ▲ +120.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 4.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pukatja (Ernabella) · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Pukatja (Ernabella)
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 4.4 people live in each home in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), a figure far above the national average. This community is characterised by large households and a high number of single-parent families.
4.4
▲ +120.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Pukatja (Ernabella) — higher than 99% of areas.
| Pukatja (Ernabella) | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowding is common, with 35.3% of homes holding six or more people. Very few people live alone here, at just 10.8%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
10.8% ▼ -71.8%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pukatja (Ernabella), the largest group is 6 or more at 35%, followed by 2 people (16%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.7% of the area, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen sharply since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
33.7% ▲ +443.6%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pukatja (Ernabella), the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (34%) and Couples without children (13%).
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 Pukatja (Ernabella) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421033/pukatja/topic/family-households