2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yorke Peninsula · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Yorke Peninsula
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes shapes daily life in Yorke Peninsula, where 35% of residents live alone. This is well above the national figure, contributing to a trend of smaller households across the region.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Yorke Peninsula — lower than 90% of areas.
| Yorke Peninsula | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Yorke Peninsula holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5. This shift is driven by the 35% of people living alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
35.0% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yorke Peninsula, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.6%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 9.7%, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yorke Peninsula, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Yorke Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48830/yorke-peninsula/topic/family-households