2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandrina · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Alexandrina
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the domestic landscape in Alexandrina since 2011. This trend contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Alexandrina — lower than 71% of areas.
| Alexandrina | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 43.3%. Those living alone make up 28.5% of households, a figure that has risen by 2.4 percentage points over the last decade and is now a little above the Australian average.
28.5% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexandrina, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families, while those without children account for 41.9%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, at 11.5%, which is well below the South Australian figure.
11.5% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Alexandrina splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Alexandrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40220/alexandrina/topic/family-households