2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Torrens · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in West Torrens
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in West Torrens live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend makes the area stand out as a place with a high number of single-person households. Most homes here are small, with a typical size of 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 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 West Torrens — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Torrens | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 31.1% of all households, though this is 2.2 percentage points lower than in 2011. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 32.8%, keeping the typical home size slightly below the Australian average.
31.1% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Torrens splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.8%, a figure that is a little below both the South Australian and national rates.
12.8% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Torrens, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 West Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48410/west-torrens/topic/family-households