2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5264, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5264, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 11 percentage points more people live alone in postcode 5264 than in the typical Australian home. This area is defined by small households, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 5264, SA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 5264, SA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Coorong | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 36.8% of all households—a figure that has risen 7.1 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 39.6% of households containing only two people.
36.8% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5264, 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 of families at 45.9%. One-parent families account for 11.5% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.5% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →5264, SA splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 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 5264, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5264/5264-sa/topic/family-households