2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alice Springs · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Alice Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all homes in Alice Springs are occupied by just one person, reflecting a diverse mix of living arrangements. While 27% of residents live alone, the area still maintains a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Alice Springs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Alice Springs | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0873, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home is 2.6, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the national average. Single-person households make up 27% of the area, which is a little above the Australian figure and has risen slightly over the last decade.
27.0% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Most families in the area are couples with children, who account for 56.5% of family households.
17.8% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alice Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL712001/alice-springs/topic/family-households