2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Lincoln · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Port Lincoln
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 32.3% of people in Port Lincoln live alone. This high rate of single-person households contributes to a typical home size that is slightly smaller than the Australian average. The area has a notable number of single-parent families and a growing trend of people living by themselves.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Port Lincoln — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Lincoln | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
32.3% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Lincoln splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 32% are couples without children.
18.4% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Lincoln, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46300/port-lincoln/topic/family-households