1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5006, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5006, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in postcode 5006, where fewer than two people live in the typical home. This area has a very high proportion of single-person households, reflecting a living pattern that is quite different from the rest of the state.
1.9
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 5006, SA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 5006, SA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Adelaide | 1.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 41.7% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
41.7% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5006, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 49.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 9.5% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas across the country.
9.5% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5006, SA, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (39%) 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 5006, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5006/5006-sa/topic/family-households