3.9 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 4.9
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yuendumu · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Yuendumu
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of families in Yuendumu consist of couples with children. This is a place where homes are typically very full, with an average of 3.9 people per household, far exceeding the national figure of 2.5.
3.9
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Yuendumu — higher than 96% of areas.
| Yuendumu | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crowded living is common here, as 28.7% of homes hold six or more people. This explains why Yuendumu has much lower rates of people living alone (21.3%) compared to the rest of Australia.
21.3% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yuendumu, the largest group is 6 or more at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 2 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.5% of the total, a figure that is far above both the Northern Territory and national averages. This proportion has grown by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
30.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yuendumu, 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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721017/yuendumu/topic/family-households