2.0 ▼ -62.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Batchelor · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Batchelor
How families and households are made up across the area.
A dramatic shift in living patterns has seen Batchelor (L) move from large households to a place where nearly half of all homes are now single-person dwellings. This change since 2011 has left the area with a much smaller typical household size than the rest of the territory.
2.0
▼ -62.3%
- 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 Batchelor — lower than 86% of areas.
| Batchelor | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 0845, NT | 2.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of the population (48.9%) now live alone, a figure that is far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home in Batchelor (L) holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8.
48.9% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Batchelor, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.0% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family across similar areas, though the figure fell slightly since 2011.
36.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Batchelor splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (37%), with Couples without children at 25%.
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 Batchelor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722010/batchelor/topic/family-households