2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boothby · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Boothby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Boothby than in most other areas, with 30.4% of households consisting of a single person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical household size that is smaller than the national figure.
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 Boothby — lower than 86% of areas.
| Boothby | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Boothby holds 2.3 people, a number that has edged down since 2011.
30.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Boothby splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.5%, while one-parent families account for 12.5%. This last figure is a little below the state and national rates and has barely changed over the last decade.
12.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boothby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Boothby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED403/boothby/topic/family-households