4.3 ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 4.8
- 2021: 4.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alpurrurulam · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Alpurrurulam
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Alpurrurulam (L), where people per household is among the highest for similar areas. Large family groups are common here, meaning very few residents live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
4.3
▲ +2.4%
- 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 Alpurrurulam — higher than 99% of areas.
| Alpurrurulam | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 4.3 people live in each home, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.7% of residents live alone, though this has risen from 5.7% in 2011; meanwhile, nearly a third of all households contain six or more people.
14.7% ▲ +159.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alpurrurulam, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 2 people (15%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (61.4%), while one-parent families make up 25.5%. This last figure is far above the Australian average of 14.1%, despite falling 11 percentage points since 2011.
25.5% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alpurrurulam, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Alpurrurulam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722003/alpurrurulam/topic/family-households