2.1 ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 4.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagait Beach - Mandorah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wagait Beach - Mandorah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller home sizes than most similar areas define Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L). The typical household now holds just 2.1 people, a sharp drop from the 4.4 seen in 2011. This shift is seen in the high number of people living alone, which now accounts for nearly 30% of all homes.
2.1
▼ -52.3%
- 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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wagait Beach - Mandorah | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people live alone, a figure well above the Northern Territory and Australian averages. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.1 people is well below the territory figure of 2.8.
29.7% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wagait Beach - Mandorah, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 47%. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average and has fallen 15 points since 2011.
12.5% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wagait Beach - Mandorah, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722034/wagait-beach-mandorah/topic/family-households