4.4 ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 4.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Atitjere · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Atitjere
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Atitjere than in the rest of the country. Large households are the norm here, with the typical home holding 4.4 people, which is well above the Northern Territory and national figures.
4.4
▼ -17.0%
- 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 Atitjere — higher than 99% of areas.
| Atitjere | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are common, with 37.5% of households containing six or more people. While the number of people living alone has risen to 17.5% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure.
17.5% ▲ +98.3%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Atitjere, the largest group is 6 or more at 41%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.8%. One-parent families represent 24.7% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average, though it has fallen since 2011.
24.7% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Atitjere, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Atitjere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722008/atitjere/topic/family-households