3.8 ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barunga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Barunga
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher number of people living alone has emerged in Barunga since 2011, though homes remain large. The area is now defined by a very high rate of one-parent families, who make up nearly 40% of all households.
3.8
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Barunga — higher than 95% of areas.
| Barunga | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Barunga are crowded, with 3.8 people per house, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Over a quarter of all households contain six or more people, although this has dipped from 4.4 people per home in 2011.
22.5% ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barunga splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (24%) and 1 person (21%), with 5 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.2% of the community, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 14 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 48.5%.
39.2% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barunga, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (40%) and Couples without children (10%).
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 Barunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722009/barunga/topic/family-households