2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5165, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5165, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in postcode 5165 than in the rest of South Australia, where the local rate is 11 percentage points higher than the state figure. This area is largely made up of small households, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -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 5165, SA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 5165, SA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Onkaparinga | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.5% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size has edged down since 2011 to 2.2 people.
33.5% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5165, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 26% of families here, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children make up 43.1% of families.
26.0% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5165, SA, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (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 5165, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5165/5165-sa/topic/family-households