2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sturt · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Sturt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people live alone in Sturt, a figure well above the national average. This gap highlights a community where a significant number of residents live independently, even though the typical household size remains similar to the rest of Australia.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Sturt — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sturt | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sturt has 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas. About 28.6% of residents live alone, and this has barely changed since 2011.
28.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sturt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.7%. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
12.0% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sturt, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED410/sturt/topic/family-households