2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Katherine · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Katherine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Katherine than in most other areas, with 20.8% of families fitting this description. This figure is well above both the national and territory rates. While household sizes have edged down slightly over the last decade, the community still sees a high proportion of larger family groups.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Katherine — higher than 71% of areas.
| Katherine | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0850, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. Those living alone make up 26.9% of households, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Northern Territory average.
26.9% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Katherine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, sitting 6.7 percentage points above the Australian average. Most families in the area are couples with children, who make up 53.6% of the total.
20.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Katherine, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL714001/katherine/topic/family-households