3.5 ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) than in 2011, though homes remain large. The area is defined by crowded living conditions, with a typical home holding 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.5
▼ -18.6%
- 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) — higher than 92% of areas.
| Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the most crowded in the region, though the typical number of people per home has fallen from 4.3 in 2011 to 3.5. Only 17.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the Northern Territory's 23.8%.
17.4% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (21%) and 3 people (19%), with 6 or more at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 24.0% of the community, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen 5.8 points since 2011, while over half of all families are couples with children.
24.0% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715009/wurrumiyanga/topic/family-households