2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tumby Bay · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Tumby Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Tumby Bay than in other similar areas. This shift has grown since 2011 and contributes to a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
2.2
→ 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 Tumby Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Tumby Bay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, two-person homes are the most common at 41.7%, while the number of people per home has stayed steady at 2.2 since 2011.
33.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tumby Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.3% of the local mix, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%. Most families here are couples, with 47.7% having children and 43.5% without.
8.3% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tumby Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47910/tumby-bay/topic/family-households