2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5232, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5232, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in postcode 5232 than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.8 people per dwelling. This is a place where few people live on their own and family units are the dominant living arrangement.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 5232, SA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 5232, SA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Hills | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 10.5% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than average, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5232, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a majority of families at 54.9%. One-parent families are very rare at 4.9%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
4.9% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5232, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 5232, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5232/5232-sa/topic/family-households