4.9 ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5
- 2016: 5.8
- 2021: 4.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gapuwiyak · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gapuwiyak
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly five people per home make Gapuwiyak an area with some of the largest households in the region. This high density is driven by a strong presence of large families and very few people living alone.
4.9
▲ +8.9%
- 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 Gapuwiyak — higher than 99% of areas.
| Gapuwiyak | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| 0880, NT | 3.3 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 4.9 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This explains why 43.8% of households have six or more people, while only 10.7% of residents live alone.
10.7% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gapuwiyak, the largest group is 6 or more at 45%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.5% of the community, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a slight increase from 2011, and couples with children remain the most common group at 54.7%.
32.5% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gapuwiyak, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 32%.
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 Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721005/gapuwiyak/topic/family-households