2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Playford · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Playford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Playford, where 2.6 people typically share a home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community with a strong presence of families and multi-person homes.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Playford — higher than 79% of areas.
| Playford | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most other areas, with 31% of households containing two people and 16.7% having three. About 25.9% of residents live alone, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
25.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Playford, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. These families are among the most common at this level, while couples with children represent 53.9% of the mix.
24.3% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Playford, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Playford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45680/playford/topic/family-households