2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5120, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5120, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 64% of families in postcode 5120. This is a place where large households are the norm, and far fewer people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 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 5120, SA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 5120, SA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Playford | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 20.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
20.9% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5120, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 11.9% of the total, which is slightly below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
11.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5120, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 5120, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5120/5120-sa/topic/family-households