2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5168, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5168, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 5168 than in most similar areas. This area has a high proportion of single-person homes and one-parent families, with 30.9% of households consisting of just one person.
2.3
▼ -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 5168, SA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 5168, SA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Onkaparinga | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This is partly because the number of people living alone has risen to 30.9%, a figure well above the Australian average.
30.9% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5168, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, which is among the highest proportions for this level and well above the South Australian figure. This is despite a small fall of 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
20.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5168, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 5168, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5168/5168-sa/topic/family-households