2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide River · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Adelaide River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define Adelaide River (L), where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is much lower than the Northern Territory figure and reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Adelaide River — lower than 64% of areas.
| Adelaide River | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 0846, NT | 2.2 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.5% of people live alone, which is well above both the territory and national figures. This explains why the average home size has dropped from 2.4 to 2.2 people since 2011.
30.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Adelaide River, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the community, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen by 3.9 points since 2011. Couples with and without children make up the bulk of families at 38.3% and 37.6% respectively.
18.1% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Adelaide River splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722001/adelaide-river/topic/family-households