2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barker · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Barker
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Barker, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, which has risen to 30.0% since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Barker — lower than 86% of areas.
| Barker | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.0% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Barker holds only 2.3 people, which is much lower than in most other similar areas.
30.0% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barker, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.9%, a figure that is about the same as both the South Australian and national averages.
13.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barker, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED402/barker/topic/family-households