2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5261, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5261, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have chosen to live alone in postcode 5261 since 2011, with this group now making up 30.2% of households. This trend has helped pull the typical number of people per home down slightly to 2.4, which is about the same as the South Australian figure.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 5261, SA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 5261, SA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Coorong | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are well above the national figure at 30.2%, and these are the second most common home type after two-person households at 41.3%. The number of people living alone has risen 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
30.2% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5261, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are far below the national figure at just 3.1%, though this has risen slightly since 2011.
3.1% ▲ +224.7%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5261, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 5261, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5261/5261-sa/topic/family-households