1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5221, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5221, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in postcode 5221 than in previous years, with the number of people per home falling from 2.1 to 1.8 since 2011. This shift has made the area's households much smaller than the national average, as more residents now live on their own.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 5221, SA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 5221, SA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Kangaroo Island | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 43.5% of households consisting of one person. This is a significant increase from 2011 and explains why the typical home in the area holds only 1.8 people.
43.5% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5221, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (44%) and 1 person (43%), with 3 people at 6%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples without children, making up 60.1% of the group. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, falling to 8.7% by the 2021 census.
8.7% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5221, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with 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 5221, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5221/5221-sa/topic/family-households