2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5256, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5256, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in postcode 5256 since 2011, with this trend contributing to smaller household sizes. This area is now marked by a high number of single-person homes, where 36.6% of households consist of just one person.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 5256, SA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 5256, SA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Alexandrina | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.0 people. This is well below the Australian average of 2.5, and the proportion of people living alone is far above the national figure at 36.6%.
36.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5256, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 46.9%, while couples with children account for 40.7%. One-parent families represent 12.0% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
12.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5256, SA, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 5256, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5256/5256-sa/topic/family-households