2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5400, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5400, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in postcode 5400, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This area is far less likely to have people living on their own compared to other parts of the state, reflecting a strong presence of multi-person homes.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 5400, SA — higher than 79% of areas.
| 5400, SA | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Light | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.6% of people live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why household sizes are much higher than most areas, with 2.7 people per home.
18.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5400, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.3%. Only 9.1% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.1% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5400, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 5400, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5400/5400-sa/topic/family-households