3.6 ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Papulankutja · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Papulankutja
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the state average marks the household landscape in Papulankutja (L). This is a place where homes are notably crowded, with the typical household holding 3.6 people, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011.
3.6
▲ +38.5%
- 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 Papulankutja — higher than 93% of areas.
| Papulankutja | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowding is common here, as 24.3% of homes hold six or more people and the number of residents per home is well above the national figure of 2.5. Consequently, those living alone are few, making up just 18.9% of households.
18.9% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Papulankutja, the largest group is 3 people at 31%, followed by 6 or more (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 38.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and has risen by 28 points since 2011. Couples with children are the other primary group at 43.2%.
38.8% ▲ +270.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Papulankutja splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and One-parent families (39%), with Couples without children at 14%.
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 Papulankutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522053/papulankutja/topic/family-households