4.0 ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nyirripi · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nyirripi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Four people typically share a home in Nyirripi, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 2.5. This makes it one of the most crowded areas for housing in the region. The community is dominated by large households and family groups.
4.0
▲ +25.0%
- 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 Nyirripi — higher than 97% of areas.
| Nyirripi | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 27.9% having six or more people. Very few residents live alone, at just 8.2%, which is far below the national figure and a big drop from 16.7% in 2011.
8.2% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nyirripi, the largest group is 6 or more at 30%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though this is a slight fall since 2011.
20.9% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nyirripi, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children 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 Nyirripi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722026/nyirripi/topic/family-households