2.2 ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5434, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5434, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in postcode 5434 than they were in 2011, as the typical home now holds 2.2 people. This shift reflects a move toward larger households, though the area still has a very high number of single-person homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▲ +15.8%
- 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 5434, SA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 5434, SA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 40.4%, helping to keep the typical household size a little below the South Australian average.
33.8% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5434, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46% of families, while those without children account for 42.6%. One-parent families make up 11.1%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
11.1% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →5434, SA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 5434, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5434/5434-sa/topic/family-households