2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northern Areas · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Northern Areas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define the Northern Areas. This contributes to a small typical household size of 2.2 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -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 Northern Areas — lower than 86% of areas.
| Northern Areas | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the national average of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why the usual number of people per home is lower than in most other areas.
32.7% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northern Areas, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.9% of families here, while one-parent families account for 10.6%. This last figure is well below the South Australian average of 14.8%.
10.6% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Areas, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/family-households