2.3 ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maralinga Tjarutja · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Maralinga Tjarutja
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 68% of people live alone in Maralinga Tjarutja, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. This makes the community stand out sharply from the rest of the state. While many live solo, the typical home still holds about 2.3 people.
2.3
▲ +21.1%
- 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 Maralinga Tjarutja — lower than 71% of areas.
| Maralinga Tjarutja | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in South Australia, rising 26 points since 2011 to reach 67.9%. Most households have just one person, though the number of people per home has grown slightly to 2.3 since 2011.
67.9% ▲ +62.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maralinga Tjarutja, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 4 people is next at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 14.3% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average. This is a drop of 5.7 points since the 2011 census.
14.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maralinga Tjarutja, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Maralinga Tjarutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44000/maralinga-tjarutja/topic/family-households