2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jabiru · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Jabiru
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living alone is far more common in Jabiru than in most other areas, with 35.9% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to smaller average home sizes compared to the rest of the territory.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Jabiru — lower than 57% of areas.
| Jabiru | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 0886, NT | 2.3 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Jabiru holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This decline is driven by a sharp rise in single-person households, which now make up over a third of all homes.
35.9% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Jabiru splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the local total, a figure that is well above the Australian average. While this has fallen slightly since 2011, nearly half of all families here are still couples with children.
19.6% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jabiru, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721009/jabiru/topic/family-households