3.0 —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Remainder of State/Territory
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of the Remainder of State/Territory (NT), where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure and much higher than most other areas. While single-person homes are uncommon, many families here include several children.
3.0
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- 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 87% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 0862, NT | 3.1 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.9% of homes have two people, but only 20.6% are lived in by a single person. This rate of people living alone is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures.
20.6% —
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.9%, while one-parent families account for 14.9%. This last figure is about the same as the national average, though it is a little below the rest of the Territory.
14.9% —
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL731001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households