2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5007, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5007, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 5007 than in most other similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, leaving the area with a typical household size of 2.1 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 5007, SA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 5007, SA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Charles Sturt | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.8% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home here holds fewer people than most areas, with 37.8% of households containing two people and 35.8% containing just one.
35.8% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5007, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is down from 19.1% in 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.3%.
16.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →5007, SA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 5007, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5007/5007-sa/topic/family-households