2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orroroo Carrieton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Orroroo Carrieton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Orroroo Carrieton than in the rest of Australia. This area has a high number of people living alone, with 34.4% of homes housing just one person. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, typically holding only 2.2 people.
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 Orroroo Carrieton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Orroroo Carrieton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most other areas, a figure that rose 6.0 percentage points since 2011. Roughly 34.4% of households have one person, while 39.7% have two.
34.4% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orroroo Carrieton, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 4.1% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen 5.2 percentage points since 2011, leaving couples with children as the most common family type at 55.8%.
4.1% ▼ -55.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orroroo Carrieton, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Orroroo Carrieton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45400/orroroo-carrieton/topic/family-households