2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5431, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5431, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes daily life in postcode 5431, where 35.8% of households are single-person homes. This is far above the national figure and has grown steadily since 2011. Overall, homes here are smaller than in most other Australian areas.
2.2
→ 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 5431, SA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 5431, SA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Orroroo Carrieton | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the area has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas and barely changed since 2011. This small household size is driven by the fact that over a third of residents live alone, a figure that rose 7.5 percentage points over the last decade.
35.8% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5431, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.5% of families, while those without children account for 42.1%. Notably, one-parent families make up only 4.5%, which is far below the South Australian average and among the lowest across the country.
4.5% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5431, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 5431, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5431/5431-sa/topic/family-households