2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5072, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5072, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62% of families in postcode 5072, the most common family type in the area. This suggests a strong presence of family units, with a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is slightly higher than most other areas.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 5072, SA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 5072, SA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Hills | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.6% of homes have two people, and 28% are single-person households. The number of people living alone is around the middle for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
28.0% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5072, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5072, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 5072, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5072/5072-sa/topic/family-households