4.5 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4
- 2016: 4.7
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Numbulwar · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Numbulwar
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 4.5 people live in each home in Numbulwar (L), which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the most crowded areas for housing in the region, though the typical household size has dropped from 5.4 people in 2011.
4.5
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Numbulwar — higher than 99% of areas.
| Numbulwar | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, with 38.7% of households containing six or more people. This is reflected in the fact that only 12.4% of people live alone, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 23.8%.
12.4% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Numbulwar, the largest group is 6 or more at 35%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, while 17.3% are couples without children.
25.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Numbulwar, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Numbulwar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721012/numbulwar/topic/family-households