2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5031, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5031, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone distinguishes postcode 5031 from the rest of the country. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, the area is marked by a large number of single-person households and a high proportion of one-parent families.
2.3
→ 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 5031, SA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 5031, SA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| West Torrens | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is lower than in most other areas.
30.5% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5031, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 15.6% are one-parent families. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5031, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 5031, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5031/5031-sa/topic/family-households