5.9 ▲ +145.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 5.6
- 2021: 5.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 83.2% of families in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), far exceeding national patterns. This is a place of very large households, with the typical home holding nearly six people. No one in the community currently lives alone, a sharp contrast to most of Australia.
5.9
▲ +145.8%
- 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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) — higher than 99% of areas.
| Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with an average of 5.9 people per dwelling. This is a significant increase from the 2.4 people per home seen in 2011, and nearly 60% of households now contain six or more people.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), 6 or more is the majority at 57%; 4 people is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 17.5%. This proportion has also fallen since 2011, when it sat at 16.9%.
10.1% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), Couples with children is the majority at 82%; One-parent families is next at 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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722025/nganmarriyanga/topic/family-households