2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charles Sturt · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Charles Sturt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 30% of people in Charles Sturt live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a varied residential landscape where small single-person homes sit alongside larger family dwellings. Most households here are small, typically housing two or three people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Charles Sturt — lower than 57% of areas.
| Charles Sturt | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across South Australia. While 33.9% of homes have two people, those living alone make up 30.1% of the total, a proportion that has barely changed since 2011.
30.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Charles Sturt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas and stays consistent with both the state and national figures.
14.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charles Sturt, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Charles Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41060/charles-sturt/topic/family-households