2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mid Murray · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mid Murray
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Mid Murray are made up of just one person, making it a place where living alone is far more common than in most other areas. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size of 2.1 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Mid Murray — lower than 90% of areas.
| Mid Murray | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34.6% of the area, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This high number of sole occupants helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
34.6% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mid Murray, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.1%, followed closely by couples with children at 42.5%. One-parent families make up 13.9% of the total, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mid Murray splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Mid Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44210/mid-murray/topic/family-households