4.7 ▲ +161.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 5.2
- 2021: 4.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Areyonga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Areyonga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Huge growth in home occupancy has shifted Areyonga into a community of very large households since 2011. The typical home now holds 4.7 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This shift comes as the number of people living alone has plummeted from 49.5% to just 9.8% over the last decade.
4.7
▲ +161.1%
- 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 Areyonga — higher than 99% of areas.
| Areyonga | 4.7 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of all homes in Areyonga hold six or more people, leading to a typical household size that is far above the Northern Territory average. Very few people live alone here, at just 9.8%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
9.8% ▼ -80.3%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Areyonga, the largest group is 6 or more at 47%, followed by 3 people (13%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66% of the total. One-parent families account for 24.5%, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%, though this has fallen 12 points since 2011.
24.5% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Areyonga, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Areyonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722007/areyonga/topic/family-households