4.0 ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Umbakumba · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Umbakumba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Four people per home is the typical experience in Umbakumba, a figure far above the Australian average of 2.5. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live on their own. While the size of homes has dipped since 2011, it remains one of the highest in the region.
4.0
▼ -18.4%
- 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 Umbakumba — higher than 97% of areas.
| Umbakumba | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Large homes are common here, with 24.5% of households containing six or more people.
11.2% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Umbakumba splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (24%) and 4 people (21%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the total, a figure well above the Northern Territory's 17.5%. This represents a 12 point drop since 2011, though it remains far above the national average.
24.4% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Umbakumba, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families 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 Umbakumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722033/umbakumba/topic/family-households