2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5088, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5088, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 30% of homes in postcode 5088 are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a mix of household types where single-person homes are common, but over half of all families still consist of couples with children.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 5088, SA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 5088, SA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Tea Tree Gully | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national averages. Two-person households are the most common, making up 31.7% of the area.
29.9% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5088, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure and much higher than most other similar areas. This is a drop from 2011, when they represented 23.7% of families.
17.5% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5088, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 5088, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5088/5088-sa/topic/family-households