Tea Tree Gully · Council (LGA)

Family & Households in Tea Tree Gully

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Tea Tree Gully are couples with children, making up 58.2% of the total. This reflects a strong family focus for the area, where typical homes hold about 2.5 people.

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📍 Tea Tree Gully, Council (LGA)

Where Tea Tree Gully sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Tea Tree Gully — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tea Tree Gully2.5
Greater Adelaide 2.5
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Few people live alone here compared to most other areas, at just 23.7%. While this is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%, the number of single-person households has risen slightly since 2011.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.7% ▲ +10.4%

Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 21.5%
  • 2016: 22.6%
  • 2021: 23.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tea Tree Gully, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 27.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.5%. This last figure is about the same as the national average and has barely changed over the last decade.

13.5% ▲ +4.1%

Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tea Tree Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Tea Tree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47700/tea-tree-gully/topic/family-households