4.5 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 4.7
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warruwi · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Warruwi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Warruwi than in most similar areas. This community is characterised by very large households, with 4.5 people per home on average and a high number of families with children.
4.5
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Warruwi — higher than 99% of areas.
| Warruwi | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, and the number of people per home has edged up since 2011 to 4.5. Very few people live alone at 10.6%, while over a third of all households contain six or more people.
10.6% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warruwi, the largest group is 6 or more at 39%, followed by 2 people (15%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the total, which is well above the Northern Territory figure. This is a significant increase from 2011, though couples with children remain the most common family type at 58.4%.
26.1% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warruwi, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Warruwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722036/warruwi/topic/family-households