4.0 ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7
- 2016: 5.2
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yirrkala · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Yirrkala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Yirrkala than in other parts of the country. This area is known for its very large households, with a typical home holding 4.0 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5.
4.0
▼ -14.9%
- 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 Yirrkala — higher than 97% of areas.
| Yirrkala | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0880, NT | 3.3 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the region, with 26.8% containing six or more people. This helps explain why only 17.6% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Northern Territory's 23.8%.
17.6% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yirrkala, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 2 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 29.8% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 52.5%.
29.8% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yirrkala, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 30%.
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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721016/yirrkala/topic/family-households