2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5401, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5401, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in postcode 5401, accounting for 52% of the total. The area sees a much higher share of one-parent families than most other similar places. This trend has grown over the last decade, with the number of single-parent homes rising 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 5401, SA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 5401, SA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Wakefield | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in the area house 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and has remained steady since 2011. About 28.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
28.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5401, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. The remaining families are mostly couples, with 27.8% having no children.
18.1% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5401, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 5401, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5401/5401-sa/topic/family-households