2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Flinders Ranges · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Flinders Ranges
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household landscape in Flinders Ranges since 2011. Small households are now the norm, with a typical home containing just 2.1 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Flinders Ranges — lower than 90% of areas.
| Flinders Ranges | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people are living by themselves here than in most similar areas, with 36.8% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and helps explain why the usual number of people per home has fallen to 2.1.
36.8% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Flinders Ranges splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.2% of families, while couples without children account for 40.9%. One-parent families represent 15.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure.
15.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Flinders Ranges splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Flinders Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41830/flinders-ranges/topic/family-households