4.6 ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 4.7
- 2021: 4.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Papunya · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Papunya
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are much more common in Papunya than in most similar areas, with an average of 4.6 people per dwelling. While the typical household size has dipped slightly since 2011, the community still sees a far higher number of residents per home than both the Northern Territory and Australia.
4.6
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Papunya — higher than 99% of areas.
| Papunya | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes in Papunya hold six or more people, putting the area far above the national figure. This high density sits alongside a growing number of people living alone, which rose 15 percentage points to 26.8% since 2011.
26.8% ▲ +135.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Papunya, the largest group is 6 or more at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 2 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.2% of the community, a figure far above the national average. This proportion has climbed 14 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.2%.
34.2% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Papunya, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 33%.
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 Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722027/papunya/topic/family-households