3.3 ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Timber Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Timber Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements in Timber Creek are often quite crowded, with 3.3 people per home on average. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, though it has dropped from 5.0 people per home in 2011. The area sees a high mix of very large households and many people living on their own.
3.3
▼ -34.0%
- 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 Timber Creek — higher than 90% of areas.
| Timber Creek | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 4.0 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 34% of people live alone, which is far above the Northern Territory rate and rose 20 points since 2011. Despite this, large homes remain common, with 24% of households containing six or more people.
34.0% ▲ +134.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Timber Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 33%, followed by 6 or more (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.6% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average. Most families are couples with children, who make up 58.9% of the local family mix.
25.6% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Timber Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Timber Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722031/timber-creek/topic/family-households